positura

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin positūra, feminine noun formed from positūrus (“about to place”). Doublet of posture. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒzɪˈtjʊəɹə/, /pɒzɪˈtʃʊəɹə/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɑzəˈtʊəɹə/ === Noun === positura (plural positurae) A stroke added to a medieval punctus; a punctuation mark created by addition of such a stroke. == Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin positūra. Doublet of postura. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [pu.ziˈtu.ɾə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [po.ziˈtu.ɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [po.ziˈtu.ɾa] === Noun === positura f (plural positures) posture, position, pose ==== Related terms ==== posar posició === Further reading === “positura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Latin == === Pronunciation === positūra: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔ.sɪˈtuː.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [po.s̬iˈtuː.ra] positūrā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔ.sɪˈtuː.raː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [po.s̬iˈtuː.ra] === Participle === positūra inflection of positūrus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === Participle === positūrā ablative feminine singular of positūrus === References === “positura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “positura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.