punctus interrogativus
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin pūnctus interrogātīvus (“question mark”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɒɡəˈtiːvəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɒɡəˈtaɪvəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəˈɹɒɡətɪvəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɑɡəˈtivəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɑɡəˈtaɪvəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəˈɹɑɡətɪvəs/
Noun
punctus interrogativus
- (palaeography) The medieval ancestor of the modern question mark (approximately ~̣).
- 1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect, Glossary, pages 306–307:
- punctus percontativus A reversed, but not inverted punctus interrogativus […] used in the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate the end of a percontatio.
- 2000, Jane Roberts; Janet Laughland Nelson, editors, Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Related Themes in Memory of Lynne Grundy, King's College (University of London), →ISBN, page 537:
- […] manuscript punctuation has a punctus elevatus after the interjections and a punctus interrogativus at the end of the sentence.
- 2015 December 23, Mary P. Richards, editor, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: Basic Readings, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 387:
- […] although none of these happend to have occasion to use the punctus interrogativus.
See also
- punctus
- punctus circumflexus
- punctus elevatus
- punctus flexus
- punctus versus