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stemma codicum

UK/ˈstɛməˈkəʊdɪkəm/

stemma codicum noun: a schema, resulting from the stemmatological process of recension, in which all surviving manuscripts of a given text are represented with their derivation, via intermediary hyparchetypes, from a single archetype.

stemma codicum: a schema, resulting from the stemmatological process of recension, in which all surviving...
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Noun

stemma codicum (plural stemmata codicum)

  1. A schema, resulting from the stemmatological process of recension, in which all surviving manuscripts of a given text are represented with their derivation, via intermediary hyparchetypes, from a single archetype.

Forms of stemma codicum

pluralstemmata codicum

Origin of stemma codicum

Borrowed from Latin stemma cōdicum, from stemma (“family tree”) + cōdicum (“book”, genitive plural).

Questions about stemma codicum

What does stemma codicum mean?
Stemma codicum means a schema, resulting from the stemmatological process of recension, in which all surviving manuscripts of a given text are represented with their derivation, via intermediary hyparchetypes, from a single archetype.
What part of speech is stemma codicum?
Stemma codicum is a noun.
How do you pronounce stemma codicum?
Stemma codicum is pronounced /ˈstɛməˈkəʊdɪkəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of stemma codicum?
The plural of stemma codicum is stemmata codicum.

Words near stemma codicum in the dictionary

  1. stemloops
  2. STEMlord
  3. STEMlords
  4. STEMM
  5. stemma
  6. stemma codicum
  7. stemmas
  8. stemmata
  9. stemmata codicum
  10. stemmatic
  11. stemmatics

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