inter-pungo, punxi, punctum, 3, v. a.,
I to place points between words , to point , punctuate : cum scribimus, interpungere consuevimus, Sen. Ep. 40.
II —Hence, inter-punctus , a, um, P. a., well divided : narratio distincta personis et interpuncta sermonibus, Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328: clausula, id. ib. 3, 44, 173: intervalla, id. Or. 16, 53.— As subst.: interpuncta verborum, divisions by punctuation , id. de Or. 3, 46, 181.