pos: punct

head

mul

punctuation mark

cat2: matched pairs

[[#Translingual|]]

English name

parentheses

f1lang: en

or

round brackets

f2lang: en

or

f3lang: en

or

f4lang: en

expansion: ( ) (English name parentheses or round brackets)

mul-punctuation mark

parentheses

name2: round brackets

forms:
parentheses (English name)
round brackets (English name)

etymology_text: * (astronomy): A graphic approximation of a numbered circle, with the circle symbolizing a planetary disk, as in (4) Vesta from an original ④ Vesta. A circle proved impractical for large numbers.

sense

astronomy

expansion: (astronomy):

links: epigraphy epigraphy

raw_glosses: (papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored elements of text that were (intentionally) omitted by the original scribe as an abbreviation.


`lsqb` `rsqb`

head

square brackets

expansion: [ ] (English name square brackets)

forms: square brackets (English name)

original_title: Unsupported titles/`lsqb` `rsqb`

english: used when omitting a section in quoted text

links: alteration alteration#English

raw_glosses: (papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored writing that was present in the original text but has since become damaged or broken away.


`lcub` `rcub`

original_title: Unsupported titles/`lcub` `rcub`

raw_glosses: (papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses writing by the original scribe that the editor considers erroneous.


raw_glosses: (papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored writing that was mistakenly omitted by the original scribe.


raw_glosses: (papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses amended writing where the original scribe has written something else erroneously.

raw_glosses: (papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored writing where text has been lost and the restoration is likely but not certain.


etymology_text: Doubling to iconically indicate greater fidelity.

links: linguistics linguistics

links:
⟨ ⟩
⟨ ⟩#English

raw_glosses: (linguistics, epigraphy) May contrast with ⟨ ⟩ to distinguish ⟪original orthography⟫ from ⟨transliteration⟩, or the ⟪idiosyncratic spelling⟫ of a manuscript from the ⟨normalized orthography⟩ of the language.