punctus interrogativus

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English

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin pūnctus interrogātīvus (question mark).

Pronunciation

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɒɡəˈtiːvəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɒɡəˈtaɪvəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəˈɹɒɡətɪvəs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɑɡəˈtivəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɑɡəˈtaɪvəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəˈɹɑɡətɪvəs/

Noun

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punctus interrogativus

  1. (palaeography) A medieval question mark, , possibly the ancestor of the modern mark ?.
    • 1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect[1], Glossary, pages 306–307:
      punctus percontativus A reversed, but not inverted punctus interrogativus [] used in the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate the end of a percontatio.
    • 2000, Jane Roberts, Janet Laughland Nelson, editors, Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Related Themes in Memory of Lynne Grundy[2], King's College (University of London), →ISBN, page 537:
      [] manuscript punctuation has a punctus elevatus after the interjections and a punctus interrogativus at the end of the sentence.
    • 2015 December 23, Mary P. Richards, editor, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: Basic Readings[3], Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 387:
      [] although none of these happend to have occasion to use the punctus interrogativus.

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