punctum delens
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin.
Noun[edit]
punctum delens (plural puncta delentia)
- (orthography) A dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored.
- (orthography) A dot placed above a consonant in Irish, when it is written in Gaelic script, to indicate that the consonant is lenited.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pūnctum (“point, dot”) + dēlēns, present active participle of dēleō (“delete”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpunk.tum ˈdeː.lens/, [ˈpʊŋkt̪ʊ̃ˑ ˈd̪eːɫ̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpunk.tum ˈde.lens/, [ˈpuŋkt̪um ˈd̪ɛːlens]
Noun[edit]
pūnctum dēlēns n (genitive pūnctī dēlentis); second declension
- (orthography) a punctum delens; mark made to indicate that a written character is an error to be ignored.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter) with a third-declension adjective.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pūnctum dēlēns | pūncta dēlentia |
Genitive | pūnctī dēlentis | pūnctōrum dēlentium |
Dative | pūnctō dēlentī | pūnctīs dēlentibus |
Accusative | pūnctum dēlēns | pūncta dēlentia |
Ablative | pūnctō dēlentī | pūnctīs dēlentibus |
Vocative | pūnctum dēlēns | pūncta dēlentia |
Descendants[edit]
- English: punctum delens
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