OBELUS
Source: 567
‖Ob″e‐lus (?), n.; pl. Obeli (#). [[L., fr. Gr. οβελὄσ, prop., a spit.]] (Print.) A mark ; — so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.
Source: 567
‖Ob″e‐lus (?), n.; pl. Obeli (#). [[L., fr. Gr. οβελὄσ, prop., a spit.]] (Print.) A mark ; — so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.