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Greek
Etymology
- ἄνω (ánō, “upper”) + τελεία (teleía, “stop”)
Noun
άνω τελεία • (áno teleía) f (plural άνω τελείες)
- (grammar, typography) raised point, upper stop, upper point, upper dot, the Greek semicolon, the “·”
- Synonym: (less common) άνω στιγμή (áno stigmí)
Usage notes
- · is correctly represented here by U+0387 GREEK ANO TELEIA (HTML
·
). It is positioned similarly to the top point of a colon (:) or semicolon (;)
- For technical reasons copying & pasting the raised point in Wiktionary produces the Latin middle dot (compare: · and ·).
Declension
Declension of άνω τελεία
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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άνω τελεία (áno teleía)
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άνω τελείες (áno teleíes)
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genitive
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άνω τελείας (áno teleías)
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άνω τελειών (áno teleión)
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accusative
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άνω τελεία (áno teleía)
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άνω τελείες (áno teleíes)
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vocative
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άνω τελεία (áno teleía)
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άνω τελείες (áno teleíes)
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See also
- see also: Greek Punctuation and Greek alphabet (Diacritics)
Further reading