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hyparchetype

UK/haɪpˈɑːkɪtaɪp/US/haɪpˈɑɹkɪtaɪp/

hyparchetype noun: a manuscript from which a family of texts is derived by copying; an intermediary node between the archetype (protograph) and a set of surviving manuscripts in a stemma codicum.

Noun

hyparchetype (plural hyparchetypes)

  1. A manuscript from which a family of texts is derived by copying; an intermediary node between the archetype (protograph) and a set of surviving manuscripts in a stemma codicum.

Forms of hyparchetype

pluralhyparchetypes

Origin of hyparchetype

From hyp- + archetype.

Questions about hyparchetype

What does hyparchetype mean?
Hyparchetype means a manuscript from which a family of texts is derived by copying; an intermediary node between the archetype (protograph) and a set of surviving manuscripts in a stemma codicum.
What part of speech is hyparchetype?
Hyparchetype is a noun.
How do you pronounce hyparchetype?
Hyparchetype is pronounced /haɪpˈɑːkɪtaɪp/ (UK).
What is the plural of hyparchetype?
The plural of hyparchetype is hyparchetypes.

Words near hyparchetype in the dictionary

  1. hypaphorine
  2. hypapophyseal
  3. hypapophyses
  4. hypapophysial
  5. hypapophysis
  6. hyparchetype
  7. hyparchetypes
  8. hyparchic
  9. hyparterial
  10. hyparxis
  11. Hypasis

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