punctus elevatus

/ˌpʌŋktəs ɛləˈvɑːtəs//ˌpʌŋktəs ɛləˈveɪtəs/

noun

A medieval punctuation mark indicating a medium-length pause (approximately ⸵).

OriginMedieval Latin pūnctus ēlevātus →
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Meanings

noun
  1. biologyA medieval punctuation mark indicating a medium-length pause (approximately ⸵).

    The point and punctus elevatus are used within the sentence.

    2015 December 23, Mary P. Richards, editor, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: Basic Readings, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 387
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    The punctus elevatus after consecuto ('followed') not only distinguishes more sharply between the present state of revelation and the historical process by which it was achieved but emphasizes the relationship between them as one of cause and-effect.

    1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect, Influences on The Application of Punctuation, page 71

    […]manuscript punctuation has a punctus elevatus after the interjections and a punctus interrogativus at the end of the sentence.

    2000, Jane Roberts, Janet Laughland Nelson, editors, Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Related Themes in Memory of Lynne Grundy, King's College (University of London), →ISBN, page 537

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinpūnctus ēlevātus
  2. Englishpunctus elevatus

From Medieval Latin pūnctus ēlevātus (literally “raised mark”).

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