punctum delens

Meaning

Noun

  • A dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored.
  • A dot placed above a consonant in Irish, when it is written with Roman letters, to indicate that the consonant is lenited.

Origin

  • From the Latin.

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