Borrowed from Latin <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> <span class="searchmatch">saliēns</span> (“leaping point”), attributed to Volcher Coiter or Ulysses Aldrovandi, after a Latin translation of Aristotle's History...
lacrimal <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> caecum <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> delens <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> proximum <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> remotum <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> <span class="searchmatch">saliens</span> <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> stans <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> vasculosum <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> vegetationis...
Calque of Latin <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> <span class="searchmatch">saliēns</span>. IPA(key): /ʃpʁɪŋəndɐ pʊŋkt/ springender Punkt m (strong, definite nominative der springende Punkt, genitive (des) springenden...
derive from the phrase salient point, which is a calque of the Latin <span class="searchmatch">punctum</span> <span class="searchmatch">saliēns</span>, a translation of Aristotle's term for the embryonal heart visible...
would gladly understand the Formation of a Soul, run it up to its <span class="searchmatch">Punctum</span> <span class="searchmatch">Saliens</span>, and see it beat the first conscious Pulse. To cause to enter; to thrust...