"punctum delens" meaning in All languages combined

See punctum delens on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: puncta delentia [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin pūnctum dēlēns. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|la|pūnctum dēlēns}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin pūnctum dēlēns Head templates: {{en-noun|puncta delentia}} 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.
    Sense id: en-punctum_delens-en-noun-5gYIUZNS Categories (other): Orthography Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
  2. (orthography) A dot placed above a consonant in Irish, when it is written in Gaelic script, to indicate that the consonant is lenited.
    Sense id: en-punctum_delens-en-noun-r4ZHAKQA Categories (other): Orthography, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈpʊŋk.tũː ˈdeː.ɫẽːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈpuŋk.t̪um ˈd̪ɛː.lens] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From pūnctum (“point, dot”) + dēlēns, present active participle of dēleō (“delete”). Head templates: {{la-noun|pūnctum<2> dēlēns<+>}} pūnctum dēlēns n (genitive pūnctī dēlentis); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pūnctum<2> dēlēns<+>}} Forms: pūnctum dēlēns [canonical, neuter], pūnctī dēlentis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pūnctum dēlēns [nominative, singular], pūncta dēlentia [nominative, plural], pūnctī dēlentis [genitive, singular], pūnctōrum dēlentium [genitive, plural], pūnctō dēlentī [dative, singular], pūnctīs dēlentibus [dative, plural], pūnctum dēlēns [accusative, singular], pūncta dēlentia [accusative, plural], pūnctō dēlentī [ablative, singular], pūnctīs dēlentibus [ablative, plural], pūnctum dēlēns [singular, vocative], pūncta dēlentia [plural, vocative]
  1. (orthography) a punctum delens; mark made to indicate that a written character is an error to be ignored. Tags: declension-2

Inflected forms

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