varia

American  

[vair-ee-uh] / ˈvɛər i ə /

plural noun

1. miscellaneous items, especially a miscellany of literary works.

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varia British  

/ ˈvɛərɪə /

plural noun

1. a collection or miscellany, esp of literary works

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Etymology

Origin of varia

1925–30; < New Latin, Latin, neuter plural of varius various

Example Sentences

Holcus, Airoides, etc. not being found, but Panica varia, and Rottboellia which ceases above this.

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

B. Hic dum stagnosi spectat templumque domosque Literni ductor, varia splendentia cernit 655 Pictura belli patribus monumenta prioris Exhausti: nam porticibus signata manebant, Quis inerat longus rerum et spectabilis ordo.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Alston says, "The green herb—seeds and all—stinks intolerably of bugs"; and Hoffman admonishes, "Si largius sumptura fuerit semen non sine periculo e suâ sede et statu demovet, et qui sumpsere varia dictu pudenda blaterant."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

Ludite jam, pisces, secura per aequora: pisces Nos quoque, sed varia sub ratione, sumus.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Quamvis in varia figura et vario nomine sint k et q et c, tamen quia unam vim habent tam in metro quam in sono, pro una littera accipi debent.

From The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it by Lord, Frances Ellen