apparatus criticus

American  

[ap-uh-rat-uhs krit-i-kuhs, -rey-tuhs, ahp-pah-rah-toos krit-i-koos] / ˌæp əˈræt əs ˈkrɪt ɪ kəs, -ˈreɪ təs, ˌɑp pɑˈrɑ tʊs ˈkrɪt ɪˌkʊs /

noun

1. supplementary information, as variant readings, added to a text to provide material for study or criticism.

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apparatus criticus British  

/ ˈkrɪtɪkəs /

noun

1. textual notes, list of variant readings, etc, relating to a document, esp in a scholarly edition of a text

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Etymology

Origin of apparatus criticus

1860–65; < New Latin: critical apparatus

Example Sentences

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apparatus criticus

So freely, indeed, did Drayton alter his poems for a fresh edition, that the ordinary machinery of an apparatus criticus would be overtasked if the attempt were made.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril

There came to him from Madrid, books, manuscripts, copies of official documents, and all the apparatus criticus which even the most exacting scholar could require.

From William Hickling Prescott by Peck, Harry Thurston

The apparatus criticus is most fully described in O. Keller’s preface to vol. i. of the 2nd ed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

Before beginning the work Grundtvig had every available version, whether in public or private hands, at his disposal, so that he had a magnificent apparatus criticus.

From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora

It would be to their advantage to spare themselves this labour, and to dispense with all annotation which does not belong to the "apparatus criticus" proper.

From Introduction to the Study of History by Berry, George Godfrey