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Latin
Etymology
A minimal way to mark word boundaries at a time when most text was scriptio continua. It would later be omitted, leaving a space.
Punctuation mark
⸱
- A word divider.
- Synonyms: 🙑, ⸙
c. 100 CE Roman inscription (
image):
- C⸱AVRELIVS / PARTꟵENIVS / ÓRNÁMENTꟾS⸱DEC / HONÓRÁTVS⸱COL⸱AVG / NEMAVSꟾ⸱ꟾIIIIꟾVIR⸱AVG / COL⸱CÓPIA⸱CLAVD⸱AVG⸱LVGVD / ITEM⸱NÁRBÓNE⸱MÁRTIO / ET⸱FIR⸱IVL⸱SECVND ARAVSIÓNE / ET⸱FORO⸱IVLIꟾ⸱PÁCÁTO / VBꟾQVE⸱GRÁTVITꟾS⸱HONÓRIBVS
