Noun: punctum
| Singular | punctum |
| Plural | punctums; puncta |
Sample Sentences
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Thus, from what has been stated, we see that neither the white puncta nor the minute white branchwork of lines were ever tubular. [1861, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, and Geology:]
Nouns inflected like punctum
hemiscrotum,
saeculum,
stramonium,
proscenium,
dinotherium,
quinquennium,
ambulacrum,
prolabium,
preepisternum,
coimperium,
septennium,
fulcrum,
emporium,
subminimum,
mausolæum,
mausoleum,
serpentarium,
triregnum,
viaticum,
megaannum, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin pūnctum. Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punt, and punto. See: Latin Nouns '
pūnctum'.