varia lectio
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- var. lect., v.l. (abbreviation)
Etymology edit
Latin: varia (feminine singular form of varius, “different”; whence various) + lectiō (“a reading”; whence lection) = “a different reading”
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: vâʹrĭə-lĕkʹtĭō, IPA(key): /ˈvɛəɹɪəˈlɛktɪəʊ/
Noun edit
varia lectio (plural variae lectiones or (obsolete) variæ lectiones)
- (textual criticism and interpretation) Any one of the interpretations or readings of a given passage in a text which differ from copy to copy, from edition to edition, from manuscript to manuscript, or from translation to translation.
Translations edit
any one of the readings of a passage in a text which differ from source to source
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References edit
- “‖varia lectio” in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989)