Comma (rhetoric)

In Ancient Greek rhetoric a comma (κόμμα) is a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. It is shaped as a small swipe at the bottom of the line.

In antiquity comma was defined as a combination of words that has no more than eight syllables.

See also

• Comma Johanneum - disputed text in 1 John 5:7-8

References

• http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/C/comma.htm Part of a glossary of classical rhetorical terms.

Bibliography

• Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament. Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 45-46.

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