stigme

Meaning

Noun

• A dot used as a punctuation mark in historical Greek texts, especially at the top of the line, equivalent to a period or full stop.

Origin

• An adaptation of the short stem (stigm-, στιγμ-) of the Latin stigma and the Ancient Greek στίγμα. Compare stigmal and stigmate; hypodigm and paradigm; hexastigm, polystigm, tetrastigm, and tristigm.