punctus circumflexus
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin pūnctus circumflexus (literally “bent-around mark”).
Noun
- (palaeography) A medieval punctuation mark indicating a short pause (approximately '̣).
- Synonym: punctus flexus
- 1953, Occasional Papers, 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, 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.
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