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stemmata codicum

UK/ˈstɛmətəˈkəʊdɪkəm/

stemmata codicum is the plural of stemma codicum.

Meaning of stemma codicum

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.

Origin of stemmata codicum

Latin: stemmata (nominative plural form of stemma) + cōdicum (genitive plural form of cōdex) = “pedigrees of codices”, “family trees of manuscripts”

Questions about stemmata codicum

What is stemmata codicum the plural of?
Stemmata codicum is the plural of stemma codicum.
How do you pronounce stemmata codicum?
Stemmata codicum is pronounced /ˈstɛmətəˈkəʊdɪkəm/ (UK).

Words near stemmata codicum in the dictionary

  1. STEMM
  2. stemma
  3. stemma codicum
  4. stemmas
  5. stemmata
  6. stemmata codicum
  7. stemmatic
  8. stemmatics
  9. stemmatological
  10. stemmatologically
  11. stemmatologist

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