punctum delens

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pūnctum dēlēns.

Noun

punctum delens (plural puncta delentia)

1. (orthography) A dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored.
2. (orthography) A dot placed above a consonant in Irish, when it is written in Gaelic script, to indicate that the consonant is lenited.

Latin

Etymology

From pūnctum (“point, dot”) + dēlēns, present active participle of dēleō (“delete”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpunk.tum ˈdeː.lens/, [ˈpʊŋkt̪ʊ̃ˑ ˈd̪eːɫ̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpunk.tum ˈde.lens/, [ˈpuŋkt̪um ˈd̪ɛːlens]

Noun

pūnctum dēlēns n (genitive pūnctī dēlentis); second declension

1. (orthography) a punctum delens; mark made to indicate that a written character is an error to be ignored.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter) with a third-declension adjective.

	singular	plural
nominative	pūnctum dēlēns	pūncta dēlentia
genitive	pūnctī dēlentis	pūnctōrum dēlentium
dative	pūnctō dēlentī	pūnctīs dēlentibus
accusative	pūnctum dēlēns	pūncta dēlentia
ablative	pūnctō dēlentī	pūnctīs dēlentibus
vocative	pūnctum dēlēns	pūncta dēlentia

Descendants

• → English: punctum delens (learned)