variorum

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin variōrum, genitive plural masculine of varius (various), in the phrase editio cum notis variorum (edition with various notes).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɛːɹɪˈɔːɹəm/

Noun

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variorum (plural variorums or variora)

  1. An edition of a written work (especially the complete works of a classical writer) showing the notes and readings of a variety of different editors or commentators.
    • 2007, Michael Dobson, “For his Nose was as sharpe as a Pen”, in London Review of Books, volume 29, number 9, page 5:
      Johnson set out to produce a variorum, compiling and summarising the history of Shakespearean emendation and annotation
    • 2010 March 20, James Campbell, “Barry Miles: 'I think of the 60s as a supermarket of ideas. We were looking for new ways to live'”, in The Guardian[1]:
      The walls of the narrow hallway are covered with paintings, including several by William Burroughs, made during Burroughs's London phase, when Miles took on archival duties and compiled a bibliography of his work; he has also edited a variorum edition of Allen Ginsberg's Howl.

French

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Noun

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variorum m (plural variorum)

  1. variorum

Latin

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Adjective

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variōrum

  1. genitive masculine/neuter plural of varius