† comma, ătis, n., = κόμμα.
- I. In gram.
- A. A division of a period (in Cic. Or. 62, 211; 66, 223; Quint. 9, 4, 22, written as Greek; pure Lat. incisum), Quint. 1, 8, 6; Diom. 2, p. 460 sq. P.
- B. A mark of punctuation, a comma, Don. p. 1742 P.
- II. In verse, the cœsura, Marc. Vict. p. 2519 P.