punctuate Copy link Outline 1. interpungo, nxi, nctum, 32. distinguo, nxi, nctum, 3, may perhaps be used, but its more exact reference is to the division of the sense, and to pause in reading, Quint. 1, 8, 1; et alib. • punctuate: 1. interpungo, nxi, nctum, 3: we are accustomed to p. as we write, cum scribimus, int. consuevimus, Sen. Ep. 40. 2. distinguo, nxi, nctum, 3, may perhaps be used, but its more exact reference is to the division of the sense, and to pause in reading, Quint. 1, 8, 1; et alib.