interpungo
Italian
editVerb
editinterpungo
Latin
editEtymology
editinter (“between”) + pungō (“I prick, puncture, or sting”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /in.terˈpun.ɡoː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈpʊŋɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.terˈpun.ɡo/, [in̪t̪erˈpuŋɡo]
Verb
editinterpungō (present infinitive interpungere, perfect active interpūnxī, supine interpūnctum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to place points between words, to point or punctuate
Conjugation
edit
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Dutch: interpunkteren
- English: interpoint (through Old French), interpunct
- French: entrepoindre
- German: interpungieren
- Italian: interpungere
- Swedish: interpunktera
References
edit- “interpungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- interpungo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 845/1.