Erasmine

English

Etymology

From the Latin Erasmīnus, from Erasmus + -īnus; equivalent to Erasmus + -ine.

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Erasmine (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Desiderius Erasmus’s Novum Instrumentum omne (his authoritative revision of the Bible’s New Testament [five eds., 1516–1535]), its text, or its variae lectiones.
    • 1839, William Thomas Lowndes, The British Librarian, part I, § 1.4.38 (column 33):
      In the Erasmine and Benedictine editions of Jerome’s Works.
    • 1880, A. Calvin, A General Catalogue of the Stock of C. J. Stewart, § 1,412 (page 116):
      The text of this edition…adopts 9 readings from the Complutensian, 4 from the Erasmine, 3 from both in common, and 9 entirely new.

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Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /e.rasˈmiː.ne/, [ɛ.rasˈmiː.nɛ]

Adjective

Erasmīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of Erasmīnus
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