Latin definition for: obelus, obeli

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. obelisk
  2. obelus, critical mark (spit-shaped put by suspected passages)
  3. pivot
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Literature, Schools
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)

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