Obelus

·noun A mark [thus /, or Ö ];

— so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.

← Obelizing × Obequitate →

obelus
ŏbĕlus, i, m., = ὀβελός (a spit), a critical mark shaped like a spit (†), placed opposite suspected...

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