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Definition of Eroteme
1. n. A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.
Definition of Eroteme
1. Noun. (obsolete) A symbol, ?, comprising a curve and a dot below, signifying the end of a sentence that is a question. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eroteme
1. erotema [n -S] - See also: erotema
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eroteme
Literary usage of Eroteme
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Grammar of English Grammars: With an Introduction, Historical and by Goold Brown (1858)
"Tho value of the eroteme as a sign of pauso, is stated very differently by difer:
grammarians ; while many of the vast multitude, by a strange oversight,- ..."
2. The First Lines of English Grammar: Being a Brief Abstract of the Author's by Goold Brown, Henry Kiddle (1879)
"The eroteme, or Note of Interrogation, is osed to designate a question. EXAMPLES.
Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ?—Johnson. ..."
3. The First Lines of English Grammar: Being a Brief Abstract of the Author's by Goold Brown, Henry Kiddle (1874)
"The eroteme, or Note of Interrogation, is used to designate a question. EXAMPLES.
In life, can love be bought with gold? Are friendship's pleasures to be ..."
4. Brown's Small Grammar Improved: The First Lines of English Grammar; Being a by Goold Brown (1856)
"The eroteme, or Note of Interrogation, is used to designate a question. EXAMPLES.
Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ?—Johnson. ..."
5. The Silver Net: Poems by Louis Vintras (1903)
"... eroteme WE hold that love is a gift divine, Then why are kisses sold ? O, is
there then no earthly shrine But men defile with gold ! ..."
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