Editing Word divider (section)

===Interpunct, multiple dots, and hypodiastole===
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|<span lang="la" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 90%;">{{smallcaps|arma·virvmqve·cano·troiae·qvi·primvs·ab·oris<br>italiam·fato·profvgvs·laviniaqve·venit<br>litora·mvltvm·ille·et·terris·iactatvs·et·alto<br>vi·svpervm·saevae·memorem·ivnonis·ob·iram }}</span><br>
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|<span style="font-size: 90%;">The Latin interpunct</span>
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[[Image:Ethiopic genesis (ch. 29, v. 11-16), 15th century (The S.S. Teacher's Edition-The Holy Bible - Plate XII, 1).jpg|thumb|The Ethiopic double interpunct]]
As noted above, the single and double interpunct were used in manuscripts (on paper) throughout the ancient world. For example, Ethiopic inscriptions used a vertical line, whereas manuscripts used double dots (፡) resembling a colon. The latter practice continues today, though the space is making inroads. Classical Latin used the interpunct in both paper manuscripts and stone inscriptions.<ref>(Wingo 1972:16)</ref> [[Greek orthography#Punctuation|Ancient Greek orthography]] used between two and five dots as word separators, as well as the [[hypodiastole]].

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