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Stephanus number

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A standard reference number for a section of a given Platonic dialogue, referring to a page in the 1578 translation of Plato’s dialogues by Henricus Stephanus.

Word forms

Stephanus number Stephanus numbers

Etymology

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

Related words

Bekker number Stephanus letter
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