variorum
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin variōrum, genitive plural masculine of varius (“various”), in the phrase editio cum notis variorum (“edition with various notes”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvariorum (plural variorums or variora)
- An edition of a written work (especially the complete works of a classical writer) showing the notes and readings of a variety of different editors or commentators.
- 2007, Michael Dobson, “For his Nose was as sharpe as a Pen”, in London Review of Books, volume 29, number 9, page 5:
- Johnson set out to produce a variorum, compiling and summarising the history of Shakespearean emendation and annotation
- 2010 March 20, James Campbell, “Barry Miles: 'I think of the 60s as a supermarket of ideas. We were looking for new ways to live'”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The walls of the narrow hallway are covered with paintings, including several by William Burroughs, made during Burroughs's London phase, when Miles took on archival duties and compiled a bibliography of his work; he has also edited a variorum edition of Allen Ginsberg's Howl.
French
editNoun
editvariorum m (plural variorum)
Latin
editAdjective
editvariōrum
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