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interpungo
interpungo
Latin
Etymology
inter (“between”) + pungō (“I prick, puncture, or sting”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.terˈpun.ɡoː/, [in.terˈpuŋ.ɡoː]
Verb
interpungō (present infinitive interpungere, perfect active interpunxī, supine interpunctum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I place points between words, I point or punctuate
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: interpungere
References
- interpungo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “interpungo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 845/1.