eroteme

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐρώτημα (erṓtēma). === Noun === eroteme (plural erotemes) (rare) A question mark. 1858, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars, fourth edition, Samuel S. and William Wood, page 798, The value of the eroteme as a sign of pause, is stated very differently by different grammarians.... J.S. Hart avers, that, "A question is reckoned as equal to a complete sentence, and the mark of interrogation as equal to a period." ==== Related terms ==== === See also === ecphoneme Punctuation