punctuation Copy link Outline 1. interpunctio and interpunctum (the latter, the mark itself), usu. pl.2. distinctio, ib. 3, 48, 186. • punctuation: 1. interpunctio and interpunctum (the latter, the mark itself), usu. pl.: the p. of words, interpunctiones verborum. Cic. Mur. 11, 25: interpuncta verborum, id. de Or. 3, 46, 181. 2. distinctio, ib. 3, 48, 186.