comma

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

comma, ătis, n., = κόμμα.

I In gram.

A A division of a period (in Cic. Or. 62, 211; 66, 223; Quint. 9, 4, 22, written as Greek; pure Lat. incisum), Quint. 1, 8, 6; Diom. 2, p. 460 sq. P.—

B A mark of punctuation , a comma , Don. p. 1742 P.—

II In verse, the caesura , Marc. Vict. p. 2519 P.

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