"lapsus oculi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌlæpsəs ˈɒkjʊlaɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌlæpsəs ˈɑkjəˌlaɪ/ [General-American] Forms: lapsus oculi [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin lāpsus oculī (literally “slip of the eye”), from lāpsus (“slipping; (figurative, rare) error”) + oculī (genitive of oculus (“eye”)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leb-|*h₃ekʷ-}}, {{unadapted borrowing|en|la|lāpsus oculī|lit=slip of the eye}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin lāpsus oculī (literally “slip of the eye”), {{glossary|genitive}} genitive Head templates: {{en-noun|lapsus oculi|nolinkhead=1}} lapsus oculi (plural lapsus oculi)
  1. (formal, rare) An error that results from looking in the wrong place, especially one that occurs while copying or translating a body of text. Tags: formal, rare Hyponyms: misreading Translations (error that results from looking in the wrong place): lapsus oculi (Finnish), lapsus oculi [masculine] (French), lāpsus oculī [masculine] (Latin)
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