noun · neutersecond declension
pūnctum
pūnctum n (genitive pūnctī)
Classical[ˈpuːŋk.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpuŋk.tum]
Meaning
- alsopoint
I. Pūnctum est cujus pars nūlla est. Addendum est, situm habēns. Aliōquī et temporis īnstāns, et Anima pūnctum foret. Sit locus #92;bar#123;X#125;; sī jam quicquid est in locō #92;bar#123;X#125;, sit X, dīcētur X esse pūnctum, quāle A.
1. A point is that of which there is no part. Having a position must be added. Otherwise, both an instant of time and a Soul would be a point. Let there be a locus ̄X; if anything is already in the locus ̄X, let it be X. X will be said to be a point, such as A.1858 [1712], Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, edited by Carl Immanuel Gerhardt and Georg Heinrich Pertz, Gesammelte Werke: Leibnizens mathematische Schriften [Collected Works: Leibniz's Mathematical Writings], volume 5, "In Euclidis πρῶτα" [About the first things of Euclid], page 183: - puncture
- moment
- small portion
- an affirmative vote, suffrage, ballot
- applause, approbation
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
point
pūnctum -ī (n) — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pūnctum | pūncta |
| genitive | pūnctī | pūnctōrum |
| dative | pūnctō | pūnctīs |
| accusative | pūnctum | pūncta |
| ablative | pūnctō | pūnctīs |
| vocative | pūnctum | pūncta |
punctum, i, n., v. pungo, P. a.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
punctum ī, n
P. n. of pungo, a prick, puncture : volucris parvulae (i. e. muscae), Ph.— A point, mathematical point , C.—Since in the comitia a point upon the waxed tablet indicated the name voted for, an affirmative vote, vote, suffrage, ballot : quot in eā tribu puncta tuleris: Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci, i. e. has everybody's approval , H.—In space, a point : quasi punctum (terrae).—With temporis, the smallest portion of time, an instant, moment, point of time : Num temporis mihi punctum ad hanc rem est, T.: uno puncto temporis, at the same instant : nullo puncto temporis intermisso: animi discessus a corpore fit ad punctum temporis: temporis puncto Uticam relinquunt, Cs.—In discourse, a brief clause, short section .
Origins
Neuter form of pūnctus, the perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, puncture”).
Descendants
- Catalanpunt
- Italianpunto
- Englishpuntofrom Italian punto
- Occitanponch
- Frenchpointfrom Old French point
- Englishpointfrom Old French point
- Portugueseponto
- Spanishpunto
- Spanishpuento
- Englishpunctum
In English words that came into English from pūnctum
- pointpūnctum
- appointappunctō
- punctiliopūnctum
- punctiformpūnctum
- puntypūnctum
- puntopūnctum
- punctatepūnctum
- punctulepūnctulum
- punctumpūnctum
- pointelpunctillum
- circumpunctcircum
- pontopūnctum
- pourpointperpunctum