English Explanatory Dictionary

Stephanus letter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A standard reference letter (either a, b, c, d, or e) for a one-fifth–equal-part subdivision of a given section (denoted by the preceding Stephanus number) of a given Platonic dialogue.

Word forms

Stephanus letter Stephanus letters

Etymology

Stephanus (the surname of the writer of a famous early translation (in 1578) of the dialogues of the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato) + letter

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