"Stephanus letter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Stephanus letters [plural]
Etymology: Stephanus (the surname of the writer of a famous early translation (in 1578) of the dialogues of the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato) + letter Head templates: {{en-noun}} Stephanus letter (plural Stephanus letters)
  1. (Stephanus pagination) A standard reference letter (either a, b, c, d, or e) for a one-fifth–equal-part subdivision of a given section (denoted by the preceding Stephanus number) of a given Platonic dialogue.
    Sense id: en-Stephanus_letter-en-noun-2hVZL3SK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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