"punctum" meaning in Latin

See punctum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈpʊŋk.tũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈpuŋk.t̪um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Neuter form of pūnctus, the perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, puncture”). Head templates: {{la-noun|pūnctum<2>}} pūnctum n (genitive pūnctī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pūnctum<2>}} Forms: pūnctum [canonical, neuter], pūnctī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pūnctum [nominative, singular], pūncta [nominative, plural], pūnctī [genitive, singular], pūnctōrum [genitive, plural], pūnctō [dative, singular], pūnctīs [dative, plural], pūnctum [accusative, singular], pūncta [accusative, plural], pūnctō [ablative, singular], pūnctīs [ablative, plural], pūnctum [singular, vocative], pūncta [plural, vocative]
  1. (also grammar, mathematics) point Tags: also, declension-2
    Sense id: en-punctum-la-noun-JR~s1ZLl Categories (other): Grammar, Mathematics, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 56 11 2 10 11 10 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 42 13 6 11 17 11 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, mathematics, sciences
  2. puncture Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-punctum-la-noun--be1vqSL
  3. moment Tags: declension-2 Synonyms: vestīgium, mōmentum
    Sense id: en-punctum-la-noun-chECB7ZJ
  4. small portion Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-punctum-la-noun-LEeWuMq~
  5. an affirmative vote, suffrage, ballot Tags: declension-2 Synonyms: suffrāgium
    Sense id: en-punctum-la-noun-KFaK6EYv
  6. (poetry) applause, approbation Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-punctum-la-noun-DxryPCQY Categories (other): Poetry Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pūnctus
Categories (other): Time Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0 0 0 0
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  "categories": [
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      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "la",
      "name": "Time",
      "orig": "la:Time",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "puntu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: puntu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: puntu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "punt"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: punt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: punt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "punktum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: punktum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: punktum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "punt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: punt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: punt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "punctum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: punctum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: punctum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "pont"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: pont",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: pont"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "punto"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: punto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: punto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Punkt",
            "3": "Punktum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Punkt, Punktum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Punkt, Punktum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "punkto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: punkto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: punkto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "punkt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: punkt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: punkt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "pont",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: pont",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: pont"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "pont",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: pont",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: pont"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "ponc"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: ponc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: ponc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "punto"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: punto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: punto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "punto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: punto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: punto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "پونطو",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "punto"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پونطو (punto)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پونطو (punto)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "punto"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: punto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: punto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "punct",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Low German: punct",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Low German: punct"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "punktr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Norse: punktr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Norse: punktr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "punkt"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: punkt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: punkt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "punkt"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: punkt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: punkt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "punkt"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: punkt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: punkt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "pwnc",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Welsh: pwnc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Welsh: pwnc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "pwnc"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: pwnc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: pwnc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "punktum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: punktum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: punktum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ponch"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: ponch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: ponch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-ocs",
            "2": "punkt",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Czech: punkt (learned)\nCzech: punkt",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Czech: punkt (learned)\nCzech: punkt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "point"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: point",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: point"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "point",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: point",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: point"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "pwynt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Welsh: pwynt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Welsh: pwynt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "pwynt"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: pwynt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: pwynt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "point"
          },
          "expansion": "English: point, p'int\n→ Cantonese: point\n→ Indonesian: poin\n→ Japanese: ポイント (pointo)\n→ Korean: 포인트 (pointeu)\n→ Malay: poin",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: point, p'int\n→ Cantonese: point\n→ Indonesian: poin\n→ Japanese: ポイント (pointo)\n→ Korean: 포인트 (pointeu)\n→ Malay: poin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "poinct"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: poinct",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: poinct"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "point"
          },
          "expansion": "French: point",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: point"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "point",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: point",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: point"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "punt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: punt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: punt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "poeng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: poeng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: poeng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "pointa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: pointa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: pointa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "poäng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: poäng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: poäng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "puan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: puan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: puan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mga",
            "2": "pointe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Irish: pointe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Irish: pointe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "pointe"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: pointe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: pointe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "point"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: point",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: point"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ponto"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: ponto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: ponto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "punkt",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: punkt (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: punkt (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*puɨθ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *puɨθ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *puɨθ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "pwyth"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Welsh: pwyth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Welsh: pwyth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "pwyth"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: pwyth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: pwyth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "punct",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: punct",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: punct"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пункт",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пункт (punkt)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: пункт (punkt)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "puntu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: puntu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: puntu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "punto",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: punto, puento (dialectal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: punto, puento (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "punto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: punto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: punto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "ponto"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: ponto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: ponto"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Neuter form of pūnctus, the perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, puncture”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pūnctum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūncta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūncta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūncta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pūnctum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "pūnctum n (genitive pūnctī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pūnctum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "la:Grammar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "la:Mathematics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 11 2 10 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 13 6 11 17 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              10
            ],
            [
              136,
              141
            ],
            [
              244,
              249
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              10
            ],
            [
              103,
              110
            ],
            [
              218,
              225
            ]
          ],
          "english": "1. A point is that of which there is no part.\nHaving a position must be added. Otherwise, both an instant of time and a Soul would be a point. Let there be a locus ̄X; if anything is already in the locus ̄X, let it be X. X will be said to be a point, such as A.",
          "ref": "1858 [1712], Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, edited by Carl Immanuel Gerhardt and Georg Heinrich Pertz, Gesammelte Werke: Leibnizens mathematische Schriften [Collected Works: Leibniz's Mathematical Writings], volume 5, \"In Euclidis πρῶτα\" [About the first things of Euclid], page 183:",
          "text": "I. Pūnctum est cujus pars nūlla est.\nAddendum est, situm habēns. Aliōquī et temporis īnstāns, et Anima pūnctum foret. Sit locus #92;bar#123;X#125;; sī jam quicquid est in locō #92;bar#123;X#125;, sit X, dīcētur X esse pūnctum, quāle A.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "point"
      ],
      "id": "en-punctum-la-noun-JR~s1ZLl",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(also grammar, mathematics) point"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "puncture"
      ],
      "id": "en-punctum-la-noun--be1vqSL",
      "links": [
        [
          "puncture",
          "puncture"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "moment"
      ],
      "id": "en-punctum-la-noun-chECB7ZJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "moment",
          "moment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vestīgium"
        },
        {
          "word": "mōmentum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "small portion"
      ],
      "id": "en-punctum-la-noun-LEeWuMq~",
      "links": [
        [
          "portion",
          "portion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an affirmative vote, suffrage, ballot"
      ],
      "id": "en-punctum-la-noun-KFaK6EYv",
      "links": [
        [
          "vote",
          "vote"
        ],
        [
          "suffrage",
          "suffrage"
        ],
        [
          "ballot",
          "ballot"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suffrāgium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Poetry",
          "orig": "la:Poetry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "applause, approbation"
      ],
      "id": "en-punctum-la-noun-DxryPCQY",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "applause",
          "applause"
        ],
        [
          "approbation",
          "approbation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetry) applause, approbation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "poetry",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpʊŋk.tũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpuŋk.t̪um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pūnctus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "punctum"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Time"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "puntu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: puntu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: puntu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "punt"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: punt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: punt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "punktum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: punktum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: punktum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "punt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: punt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: punt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "punctum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: punctum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: punctum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "pont"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: pont",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: pont"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "punto"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: punto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: punto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Punkt",
            "3": "Punktum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Punkt, Punktum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Punkt, Punktum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "punkto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: punkto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: punkto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "punkt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: punkt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: punkt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "pont",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: pont",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: pont"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "pont",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: pont",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: pont"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "ponc"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: ponc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: ponc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "punto"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: punto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: punto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "punto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: punto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: punto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "پونطو",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "punto"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پونطو (punto)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پونطو (punto)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "punto"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: punto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: punto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "punct",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Low German: punct",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Low German: punct"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "punktr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Norse: punktr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Norse: punktr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "punkt"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: punkt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: punkt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "punkt"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: punkt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: punkt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "punkt"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: punkt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: punkt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "pwnc",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Welsh: pwnc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Welsh: pwnc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "pwnc"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: pwnc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: pwnc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "punktum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: punktum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: punktum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ponch"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: ponch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: ponch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-ocs",
            "2": "punkt",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Czech: punkt (learned)\nCzech: punkt",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Czech: punkt (learned)\nCzech: punkt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "point"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: point",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: point"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "point",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: point",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: point"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "pwynt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Welsh: pwynt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Welsh: pwynt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "pwynt"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: pwynt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: pwynt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "point"
          },
          "expansion": "English: point, p'int\n→ Cantonese: point\n→ Indonesian: poin\n→ Japanese: ポイント (pointo)\n→ Korean: 포인트 (pointeu)\n→ Malay: poin",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: point, p'int\n→ Cantonese: point\n→ Indonesian: poin\n→ Japanese: ポイント (pointo)\n→ Korean: 포인트 (pointeu)\n→ Malay: poin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "poinct"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: poinct",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: poinct"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "point"
          },
          "expansion": "French: point",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: point"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "point",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: point",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: point"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "punt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: punt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: punt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "poeng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: poeng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: poeng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "pointa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: pointa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: pointa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "poäng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: poäng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: poäng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "puan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: puan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: puan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mga",
            "2": "pointe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Irish: pointe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Irish: pointe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "pointe"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: pointe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: pointe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "point"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: point",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: point"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ponto"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: ponto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: ponto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "punkt",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: punkt (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: punkt (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*puɨθ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *puɨθ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *puɨθ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "pwyth"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Welsh: pwyth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Welsh: pwyth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "pwyth"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: pwyth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: pwyth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "punct",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: punct",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: punct"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пункт",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пункт (punkt)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: пункт (punkt)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "puntu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: puntu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: puntu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "punto",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: punto, puento (dialectal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: punto, puento (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "punto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: punto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: punto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "ponto"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: ponto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: ponto"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Neuter form of pūnctus, the perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, puncture”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pūnctum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūncta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūncta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūnctum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūncta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pūnctum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "pūnctum n (genitive pūnctī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pūnctum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "la:Grammar",
        "la:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              10
            ],
            [
              136,
              141
            ],
            [
              244,
              249
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              10
            ],
            [
              103,
              110
            ],
            [
              218,
              225
            ]
          ],
          "english": "1. A point is that of which there is no part.\nHaving a position must be added. Otherwise, both an instant of time and a Soul would be a point. Let there be a locus ̄X; if anything is already in the locus ̄X, let it be X. X will be said to be a point, such as A.",
          "ref": "1858 [1712], Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, edited by Carl Immanuel Gerhardt and Georg Heinrich Pertz, Gesammelte Werke: Leibnizens mathematische Schriften [Collected Works: Leibniz's Mathematical Writings], volume 5, \"In Euclidis πρῶτα\" [About the first things of Euclid], page 183:",
          "text": "I. Pūnctum est cujus pars nūlla est.\nAddendum est, situm habēns. Aliōquī et temporis īnstāns, et Anima pūnctum foret. Sit locus #92;bar#123;X#125;; sī jam quicquid est in locō #92;bar#123;X#125;, sit X, dīcētur X esse pūnctum, quāle A.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "point"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(also grammar, mathematics) point"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "puncture"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "puncture",
          "puncture"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "moment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moment",
          "moment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vestīgium"
        },
        {
          "word": "mōmentum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "small portion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "portion",
          "portion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an affirmative vote, suffrage, ballot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vote",
          "vote"
        ],
        [
          "suffrage",
          "suffrage"
        ],
        [
          "ballot",
          "ballot"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suffrāgium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Poetry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "applause, approbation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "applause",
          "applause"
        ],
        [
          "approbation",
          "approbation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetry) applause, approbation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "poetry",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpʊŋk.tũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpuŋk.t̪um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pūnctus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "punctum"
}

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