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punctus
punctus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpunk.tus/
Participle
punctus m (feminine puncta, neuter punctum); first/second declension
- pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked.
- marked with points; stippled.
- stung, bitten, pinched, having been affected sensibly.
- vexed, annoyed, grieved, troubled, disturbed, having been vexed or annoyed.
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | punctus | puncta | punctum | punctī | punctae | puncta | |
| genitive | punctī | punctae | punctī | punctōrum | punctārum | punctōrum | |
| dative | punctō | punctō | punctīs | ||||
| accusative | punctum | punctam | punctum | punctōs | punctās | puncta | |
| ablative | punctō | punctā | punctō | punctīs | |||
| vocative | puncte | puncta | punctum | punctī | punctae | puncta | |
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
punctus m (genitive punctūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | punctus | punctūs |
| genitive | punctūs | punctuum |
| dative | punctuī | punctibus |
| accusative | punctum | punctūs |
| ablative | punctū | punctibus |
| vocative | punctus | punctūs |
Synonyms
Descendants
- English: punctus percontativus
Related terms
References
- punctus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- PUNCTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “punctus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- in an instant: puncto temporis
- to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
- in an instant: puncto temporis