editio princeps

[ e-dit-i-oh pring-keps; English ih-dish-ee-oh prin-seps ]

noun,plural e·di·ti·o·nes prin·ci·pes [e-dit-i-oh-nes pring-ki-pes; English ih-dish-ee-oh-neez prin-suh-peez]. /ɛˌdɪt ɪˈoʊ nɛs ˈprɪŋ kɪˌpɛs; English ɪˌdɪʃ iˈoʊ niz ˈprɪn səˌpiz/. Latin.
  1. first edition.

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How to use editio princeps in a sentence

  • Many of these were gleaned from the editio princeps of Thorkelin2.

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  • This was the editio princeps of a number of forged anti-Semitic documents, of which the Nilus Protocols are the latest redaction.

  • Nor would the exemption of an editio princeps from everyday sordid work restrain his sacrilegious hands.

    The Book-Hunter | John Hill Burton
  • An editio princeps is not a mere toy—it has something in it that may purchase the attention even of a thinking man.

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  • This she professes to translate from the editio princeps published by Jean Lange in 1667.

British Dictionary definitions for editio princeps

editio princeps

/ Latin (ɪˈdɪʃɪəʊ ˈprɪnsɛps) /


nounplural editiones principes (ɪˌdɪʃɪˈəʊniːz ˈprɪnsɪˌpiːz)
  1. the first printed edition of a work

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