⸱


⸱ U+2E31, ⸱
WORD SEPARATOR MIDDLE DOT
← ⸰
[U+2E30] 		Supplemental Punctuation ⸲ →
[U+2E32]

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

A minimal way to mark word boundaries at a time when most text was scriptio continua. It would later be omitted, leaving a space.

Punctuation mark

⸱

  1. A word divider.
    Synonyms: 🙑, ⸙
    • c. 100 CE Roman inscription (image):
      C[aius]⸱AVRELIVS / PARTꟵENIVS / ÓRNÁMENTꟾS⸱DEC[urionalibus] / HONÓRÁTVS⸱COL[oniae]⸱AVG[ustae] / NEMAVSꟾ⸱ꟾIIIIꟾVIR⸱AVG[ustalis] / COL[onia]⸱CÓPIA⸱CLAVD[ia]⸱AVG[usta]⸱LVGVD[uni] / ITEM⸱NÁRBÓNE⸱MÁRTIO / ET⸱FIR[ma]⸱IVL[ia]⸱SECVND[anorum] ARAVSIÓNE / ET⸱FORO⸱IVLIꟾ⸱PÁCÁTO / VBꟾQVE⸱GRÁTVITꟾS⸱HONÓRIBVS
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