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Definition of Commata
1. comma [n] - See also: comma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commata
Literary usage of Commata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator by Quintilian (1876)
"Of commata, 122, 128. Of a period, and its members, 124—127. What kinds of
sentences are eligible for particular parts of speeches, and for particular ..."
2. A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Canonical Scriptures of the by Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette (1843)
"The division of the prophetic books into greater and smaller passages, (cola and
commata,) and the historical into commata, was an innovation introduced by ..."
3. Philologica: Journal of Comparative Philology by Philological Society (Great Britain), Josef Baudiš, Leonard Cyril Wharton (1922)
"I need not point out that the single words also are balanced; I wish here to draw
attention to the use of the clauses or commata. II. ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1868)
"In or tion, means, “ What bears on your visit F This sunt ubi sensus perfectus
eat, commata ubi ir is sense ; but, I apprehend, clearly not what perfecta ..."