Stephanus numbers
Stephanus numbers is the plural of Stephanus number.
Meaning of Stephanus number
Noun
Stephanus number (plural Stephanus numbers)
- A standard reference number for a section of a given Platonic dialogue, referring to a page in the 1578 translation of Plato’s dialogues by Henricus Stephanus.
- 1974: Plato [aut.] and Desmond Lee [tr.], The Republic, Translator’s Introduction, page 56 (2ⁿᵈ ed. (revised); Penguin Classics; →ISBN
The Republic is traditionally divided into ten books. But this division, as has often been pointed out, was dictated rather by the technicalities of book-production...
- 1974: Plato [aut.] and Desmond Lee [tr.], The Republic, Translator’s Introduction, page 56 (2ⁿᵈ ed. (revised); Penguin Classics; →ISBN
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- What is Stephanus numbers the plural of?
- Stephanus numbers is the plural of Stephanus number.
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