interpungo

inter-pungo, punxi, punctum, 3, v. a., to place points between words, to point, punctuate:

cum scribimus, interpungere consuevimus,

Sen. Ep. 40.—Hence, inter-punctus, a, um, P. a., well divided:

narratio distincta personis et interpuncta sermonibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328:

clausula,

id. ib. 3, 44, 173:

intervalla,

id. Or. 16, 53.— As subst.:

interpuncta verborum,

divisions by punctuation, id. de Or. 3, 46, 181.