punctum

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin pūnctum. Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punt, and punto. ==== Noun ==== punctum (plural punctums or puncta) (anatomy) A sharp tip of any part of the anatomy; a point or other small area. (music) A neume representing a single tone. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== punctal === Etymology 2 === Coined in 1980 by French literary theorist Roland Barthes in his book Camera Lucida. ==== Noun ==== punctum (plural punctums or puncta) (photography) A detail in a photograph that captures the viewer's attention and evokes an emotional response or personal connection beyond the intended subject. == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === punctum m (plural punctums) field of vision === Further reading === “punctum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Neuter form of pūnctus, the perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, puncture”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpuːŋk.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpuŋk.tum] === Noun === pūnctum n (genitive pūnctī); second declension (also grammar, mathematics) point puncture moment Synonyms: vestīgium, mōmentum small portion an affirmative vote, suffrage, ballot Synonym: suffrāgium (poetry) applause, approbation ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Synonyms ==== pūnctus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “punctum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “punctum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "punctum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “punctum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.