interpunctio

Latin

Etymology

From inter- +‎ punctio.

Noun

interpūnctiō f (genitive interpūnctiōnis); third declension

1. punctuation (placing of points between words)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	interpūnctiō	interpūnctiōnēs
Genitive	interpūnctiōnis	interpūnctiōnum
Dative	interpūnctiōnī	interpūnctiōnibus
Accusative	interpūnctiōnem	interpūnctiōnēs
Ablative	interpūnctiōne	interpūnctiōnibus
Vocative	interpūnctiō	interpūnctiōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: interpunzione

References

• “interpunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “interpunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• interpunctio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.