positura

/pɒzɪˈtjʊəɹə/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin positūra, feminine noun formed from positūrus (“about to place”). Doublet of posture.

noun

  1. A stroke added to a medieval punctus; a punctuation mark created by addition of such a stroke.“The positurae mark those pauses in the text which require the celebrant to inflect the recitation tone[…]”