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Terms about Punctuation #16

Open ncrt035 opened 6 years ago

ncrt035 commented 6 years ago

Nicanor (Νικάνωρ ὁ Στιγματίας, cf. Eustath.20.12) divided the conventional two-fold punctuation system into eight categories:

  1. τελεία στιγμή
  2. ὑποτελεία στιγμή
  3. πρώτη ἄνω στιγμή
  4. δευτέρα ἄνω στιγμή
  5. τρίτη ἄνω στιγμή
  6. ὑποστιγμὴ ἐνυπόκριτος
  7. ὑποστιγμὴ ἀνυπόκριτος
  8. ὑποδιαστολή ((βραχεῖα) διαστολή)

See Blank, D.L. (1983), `Remarks on Nicanor, the Stoics and the Ancient Theory of Punctuation', in Glotta LXI : 48-67, esp. pp. 49-50.

ncrt035 commented 6 years ago

On Nicanor's punctuation system, see also Friedländer, L. (1857 editio altera), Nicanoris Περὶ Ἰλιακῆς στιγμῆς Reliquiae emendatiores. GoogleBooks

ncrt035 commented 5 years ago

On the history of punctuation, see Parkes, M.B., Pause and Effect: An Introduction to the History of Punctuation in the West.