interpunctum
From LSJ
ἀπορράπτειν τὸ Φιλίππου στόμα ὁλοσχοίνῳ ἀβρόχῳ → sew up Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, stop Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, shut one's mouth without any trouble
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
interpunctum: i, n. id., i. q. interpunctio,
I a separating of words by points, interpunctuation: interpuncta verborum, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
interpūnctum, ī, n. (interpunctus), intervalle pour la respiration, repos, pause : Cic. de Or. 3, 181 ; Quint. 9, 4, 108.
