punctus Latin · revision 5174

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=ine-pro *pu-n(e)-g-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpuːŋk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpuŋk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pūnctus''' ''m'' (genitive pūnctūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pungō|-tus|t1=to prick, sting]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb is [[inh|itc-pro|*pung-|t=to pierce, sting]], [[inh|ine-pro|*pu-n(e)-g-]], cognate with [[grc|πύξ|tr=púx|t=with the fist]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Pliny the Elder uses it of eyes put out by pricking.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Pliny 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a pricking or stinging, a prick or puncture, and Pliny also uses it of a point.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Isidore has a second-declension form ''punctus'' meaning a point, and in Late and New Latin it was a mathematical point.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Wiktionary)

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+ In medieval Latin it was a division of an hour, a quarter or a fifth,^(Niermeyer 1976) and a punctuation mark.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of pricking.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore uses ''punctus'' of a point.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – It is used of a division of an hour.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A pricking, [[m|en|sting]], puncture.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|point]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A division of an hour.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|punctuation]] mark.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[punctim]]

+ * [[punctiō]]

+ * [[punctiuncula]]

+ * [[punctūra]]

+ * [[pungō]]

+ * [[punctum]]

+ * [[en|point]]

+ * [[en|puncture]]

+ * [[en|counterpoint]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}