puncta

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English

Noun

puncta

  1. plural of punctum

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

pūncta

  1. inflection of pūnctus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

pūnctā

  1. ablative feminine singular of pūnctus

References

  • puncta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • puncta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • puncta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French ponctuer.

Verb

a puncta (third-person singular present punctează, past participle punctat) 1st conjugation

  1. (transitive) to punctuate
  2. to score, dot
  3. (figurative) to emphasize, point out

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