Latin word senses marked with topical category "Symbols"
Parent categories: Letters, symbols, and punctuation, Orthography, Writing, Human behaviour, Language, Human, Communication
Subcategories: Diacritical marks, Punctuation marks
Total 12 word senses
- : (Punctuation) Used to mark abbreviations.
- · (Punctuation) Used to indicate a word boundary.
- ⁜ (Punctuation) used by scribes in the margin as highlighter mark.
- ◌̀ (Character) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accentus gravis (“grave accent”) in Latin, and found on à, è, ò.
- ◌́ (Character) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called apex (“apex”) in Latin, and found on Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó and Ú/ú. It indicates that the vowels are long.
- ◌̃ (Character) Written on a letter, usually a vowel, in place of an omitted n or m.
- ◌̄ (Character) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called signum productionis (“macron”) in Latin, and found on Ā/ā, Ē/ē, Ī/ī, Ō/ō and Ū/ū. (used in grammars and dictionaries)
- ◌͛ (Character) A diacritical mark of the Latin script in Latin, and found on c͛, f͛, g͛, h͛, m͛, n͛, p͛, s͛, t͛, u͛, v͛, X͛, x͛ and þ᷏͛. It indicates that the letters ⟨er⟩, ⟨re⟩ or ⟨rae⟩ have been omitted after the letter.
- ◌᷑ (Character) A diacritical mark of the Latin script in Latin, and found on t᷑. It indicates that the letters ⟨ur⟩ have been omitted after the letter.
- ◌᷒ (Character) A diacritical mark of the Latin script in Latin, and found on b᷒, c᷒, h᷒, i᷒, j᷒, m᷒, n᷒, p᷒, r᷒, s᷒ and t᷒. It usually indicates that the letters ⟨us⟩ have been omitted after the letter, or otherwise the letters ⟨os⟩, ⟨ost⟩ or some longer sequence ending in one such form.
- ⸙ (Punctuation) The ramulus a.k.a. palmula, a punctuation sign which looked like a palm branch and functioned sometimes as an interpunct, sometimes to separate one inscription from the next.
- 🙐 (Punctuation) The ivy leaf, a decorative form of the interpunct.
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