Parablepsis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Parablepsis is a noun meaning (palaeography, textual criticism) A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentally skips over some of it.
Meaning
(palaeography, textual criticism) A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentally skips over some of it.
Example Sentences
So too parablepses due to homoioteleuton in the Greek text are irrelevant for the Hebrew text.
Vertical parablebsis does not fit either, since it should be in the range of several lines (two or three lines).
Word Forms
- parablepses
- parablepsia
- parablepsy
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parablepsia, parablepsy, pseudophake, palinopia, ophthalmy, psephisma.
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