Classical Abbreviations

This page fills the gap between
Lindsay–Bains/Cappelli
and J. S. Wellington.

 
 
† Of abbreviations seen in the critical apparatus, only those not already covered by the Emploi, Maurer–Scullion or Dickey are included.

 
* in app. apud Bernardakis — scripsi

Μ. apud H. Stephanum — Μήποτε γραπτέον

Π. apud H. Stephanum — πότερον γραπτέον

δ.τ. apud H. Stephanum — διορθοῦσι τινές

πρ. γρ. apud H. Stephanum — προτέρα γραφή

Klotzii Act. lit.Acta litteraria

Acta philol. Monac.Acta philologorum Monacensium

Aliàs apud Latinium — alia lectio

a.l. — alia lectio

agn. — agnoscit

al. — alia lectio

al. — alius/alii

a designation that might apply to almost any source whatsoever, including the very manuscripts cited elsewhere by name (W. Richardson)

al. apud Aerodium — alia lectio coniecturâ superaddita

al. in app. — manus altera

aliter

In a desperate attempt to avoid recognizing the obvious, that O3 employed another manuscript, Butterfield claims that O3 used aliter to introduce a conjecture, a word used elsewhere only to introduce variants of collation. Most students of the subject believe that Carolingian scribes rarely if ever conjecture: they collate. (Zetzel)

antep. — linea antepenultima

cons. — consentit, consentiunt, consentiente, consentientibus

F./f. — fort(ass)e

H in app. apud Riese — Haupt, Opuscula I 271 ff.

Heinz apud Patillon — D. Heinsius

JLZJenaer Literaturzeitung

Miscell. Obs. Nov.Miscellaneae observationes criticae novae

Mon.Ber.Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Orio anth.Antholognomici

pen. — linea penultima

pr. in app. — manus prima

pr. apud Keller — ante correct.

q. — quaere

q.c. — quidam codex

qu.quaere, quaestio

For the sake of brevity and convenience I have generally prefixed to these proposed conjectures the letters Qu. (Blaydes)

Iacobsii Sokr.Elementarbuch der griechischen Sprache für Anfänger und Geübtere, Dritter Theil

ult. — linea ultima

Ravii Varr. Lectt.Variarum lectionum liber ad Ciceronis orationes pertinens

Vet. — vetus

Vi apud PatillonVictorinus Victorius

v. — vetus

v. apud Aerodium — vetus lectio quae omnino ferri non potuit, in marginem reiecta

v. apud Latinium — addendum

v.c. — vetus codex