punctus circumflexus

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English

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin pūnctus circumflexus (literally bent-around mark).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpʌŋktəs sɜːkəmˈflɛksəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌpʌŋktəs sɚkəmˈflɛksəs/

Noun

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punctus circumflexus

  1. (palaeography) A medieval punctuation mark indicating a short pause (approximately '̣).
    Synonym: punctus flexus
    • 1953, Occasional Papers[1], volume 3, University of Cambridge, page 10:
      [] MS. Bodley 340, going back to an early form of the text, has confused indications that such was intended: after 'þa' it has a punctus circumflexus []
    • 2004, George D. Gopen, The Sense of Structure: Writing from the Reader's Perspective[2], Pearson Longman, →ISBN, page 170:
      There was an entirely separate set of marks to coach the raising and lowering of the voice in oral delivery -- including the punctus elevatus, the punctus interrogotivus[sic], and the punctus circumflexus.
    • 2011 July 22, Tadao Kudouchi, edited by Akio Oizumi and Jacek Fisiak, English Historical Linguistics and Philology in Japan[3], De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172:
      The punctus circumflexus does not seem to have been used commonly in manuscripts of other than liturgical texts.

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