stemmatics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The study of multiple surviving versions of the same text with the aim of reconstructing a lost original.

/stəˈmætɪks/ /stɛmˈætɪks/ en-us-stemmatics.ogg

stemmatics

From stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμματα (stémmata, “family trees, genealogy”).

stemmatology

stemma

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