Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stemma codicum

/ˈstɛməˈkəʊdɪkəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.79 in modern English

Syllables: stem-ma -cod-icum
IPA: /ˈstɛməˈkəʊdɪkəm/

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A schema, resulting from the stemmatological process of recension, in which all surviving manuscripts of a given text are represented with their derivation, via intermediary hyparchetypes, from a single archetype.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stemma cōdicum, from stemma (“family tree”) + cōdicum (“book”, genitive plural).

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈstɛməˈkəʊdɪkəm/

Inflected Forms

stemmata codicum (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce stemma codicum?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɛməˈkəʊdɪkəm/.
What does stemma codicum mean?: A schema, resulting from the stemmatological process of recension, in which all surviving manuscripts of a given text are represented with their derivation, via intermediary hyparchetypes, from a single archetype.
Where does stemma codicum come from?: Borrowed from Latin stemma cōdicum, from stemma (“family tree”) + cōdicum (“book”, genitive plural).

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