English Explanatory Dictionary

stemma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A family tree or recorded genealogy.
  2. In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts.
  3. One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods.

Word forms

stemma stemmata stemmas

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma).

Related words

stemma codicum stemmatics
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