punctillum

== Latin == === Etymology === From punctum (“point”) + -illus (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [puːŋkˈtɪl.lũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [puŋkˈtil.lum] === Noun === pūnctillum n (genitive pūnctillī); second declension a little point, a dot, spot ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Neapolitan: puntillo Sicilian: puntiḍḍu === References === “punctillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “punctillum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.