stigme
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek στῐγμή (stĭgmḗ). Compare stigmal and stigmate; hypodigm and paradigm; hexastigm, polystigm, tetrastigm, and tristigm.
- Ȝe schal not prik ȝor flesch, ne mak to ȝow ani figeris, ne stigmes, þat are woundis. Ye shall not prick your flesh, nor make to you any figures, nor stigmes, that are wounds.c. 1400, Apology for Lollard Doctrines, page 92
- None..haue..branded any nation with the marke and stigme of Atheisme.a. 1619, Martin Fotherby, Atheomastix (1622), book I, chapter iv, § 1, page 20
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A dot used as a punctuation mark in historical Greek texts, especially at the top of the line, equivalent to a period or full stop.