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punctus versus

noun
/ˌpʌŋktəs ˈvɜːsəs/UK/ˌpʌŋktəs ˈvɚsəs/US

Etymology

From Medieval Latin pūnctus versus (literally “facing mark”).

  1. borrowed from pūnctus versus

Definitions

  1. A medieval punctuation mark marking the end of a sentence (approximately

    A medieval punctuation mark marking the end of a sentence (approximately ;)

    • […]moreover by turning the punctus after fiant into a punctus versus, he has repointed the two verses as a single sententia.
    • Thus the basic punctuation marks used in English manuscripts of the eleventh-thirteenth centuries are: the simple point, the punctus elevatus, the punctus versus, and the punctus interrogativus.
    • […]the punctus versus is used at the close of the sentence and after words introducing direct speech[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for punctus versus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA