low dot

plural low dots

1. grammarSynonym of low point: ..

   A low dot (katō stigmē) or middle dot (mesē stigmē) indicated the end of a phrase or clause.

   1986, Italo Gallo, Greek and Latin Papyrology, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, page 90

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   Museum librarian Aristophanes of Byzantium is credited with the punctuation system used later by Greek grammarians in the Alexandrian schools, dividing discourse into sections by means of a pointing system of dots: middle dot [⸳] at the end of a brief pause (‘komma’) for the pause we mark with our comma; low dot on the line [.] for a long clause (‘kolon’), like our colon or semicolon; and high dot [·] to close a sentence (‘periodos’), like our full stop; distinctions not consistently used.

   2002, Fernando Poyatos, Nonverbal Communication Across Disciplines: Narrative literature, theater, cinema, translation, page 127

   Synonyms: low point