Definition of Commata

1. Noun. (plural of comma) ¹

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Definition of Commata

1. comma [n] - See also: comma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commata

commandingness
commandment
commandments
commando
commando operation
commando procedure
commandoes
commandos
commandress
commandresses
commandries
commandry
commands
commandwide
commas
commata (current term)
commaterial
commatic
commatism
commaund
commaundest
commaundeth
commaundment
commaunds
comme ci comme ça
comme il faut
commeasurable
commeasure
commeasured
commeasures

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 ..."

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