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November 8 edit
Terminology edit
What does varce lectiones
mean as to linguistics (or rather study of ancient scriptures; (might be))? ∯WBGconverse 16:10, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
- "Varce" is not a word of Latin as far as I can tell (unless it's some kind of place name), but lectio means "reading", and appears in several technical terms, such as matres lectionis and lectio difficilior... AnonMoos (talk) 17:05, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
- Variae lectiones, however, is pretty common in editions of classical texts. It's the plural of varia lectio. Deor (talk) 17:58, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
- Deor, Thanks; I was talking about Variae lectiones, as the corresponding definition fits very aptly to the context. The book had a typo. ∯WBGconverse 19:29, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
- I thought this was a church term, but it's clearly just "variant readings". 86.157.229.93 (talk) 17:52, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- Deor, Thanks; I was talking about Variae lectiones, as the corresponding definition fits very aptly to the context. The book had a typo. ∯WBGconverse 19:29, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
- Variae lectiones, however, is pretty common in editions of classical texts. It's the plural of varia lectio. Deor (talk) 17:58, 8 November 2018 (UTC)