Collectanea

Word COLLECTANEA
Character 11
Hyphenation col lec ta ne a
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Definitions and meanings of "Collectanea"

What do we mean by collectanea?

A selection of passages from one or more authors; an anthology. noun plural

A selection of passages from various authors, usually made for the purpose of instruction; a miscellany.

Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology. noun plural

A selective collection of passages from various sources or by various authors; an anthology noun

A selective collection of passages from various sources or by various authors; an anthology

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The word "collectanea" in example sentences

In 1500 he published a little book, Adagiorum collectanea, an anthology of proverbs and sayings derived from classical sources, a slim little volume with only 818 items, all taken from Latin sources. ❋ Nauert, Charles (2008)

Iulii Solini collectanea rerum memorabilium, ed. Theodor Mommsen (Berlin, 1864), 17. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Many other curious specimens are in my collectanea, among them: “one swaller don’t make no summer, ” “I never seen nothing I would of rather saw, ” and “once a child gets burnt once it won’t never stick its hand in no fire no more, ” and so on. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

In the collectanea of Judge J.C. Ruppenthal, of Russell, Kansas, a very careful observer, are many curious specimens. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

Some of the more familiar conjugations of verbs in the American common speech, as recorded by Charters or Lardner or derived from my own collectanea, are here set down: ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

Thus I find mazuma in a Word-List from Kansas, from the collectanea of Judge J.C. Ruppenthal, of Russell, Kansas, Dialect Notes, vol. iv, pt. v, 1916, p. 322. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

This volume of collectanea is divided into two parts. ❋ Various (1915)

Dunelmensis opera et collectanea, containing everything ever ascribed to him except the Historia ecclesiae Dunelmensis, ed. with introduction by HINDE in Surtees Soc., ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The completed portions pertain mainly to the first two acts; for the rest we have an immense mass of schemes, arguments, excerpts and collectanea. ❋ Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 (1901)

I delight in the analecta, the collectanea, as I may call them, of the preceding day's dinner, which appear on such occasions --- And see, there is Jenny going to ring the dinner-bell. '' ❋ Unknown (1845)

Non est Ramundi Lullii, sed collectanea diversa ex Paracelso. ❋ John Dee (1567)

** Optandum est ut sua quoque collectanea de Anti - quitatibus Cantabrigiensibus juris faciat publici cl. ❋ Unknown (1812)

The Editor brought to this laborious undertaking tlie result of thirty years acquaintance with the early British Dramatists: his collectanea were, of course, numerous; yet there was an obvious necessity for his looking beyond their limits for materials that might enliven as well as enlarge and improve tlie Work* ❋ Unknown (1782)

Niphus, A., 1544:” In libris de A.ima Collectanea atque Commentaria Præfatio” in Expositio Subtilissima collectanea commentariaque in libros A.istotelis de A.ima nuper accuratissima dilligentia recognita, A. Niphus, Venice: apud Iuntas, f.     2ra -       3rb ❋ Unknown (2009)

I delight in the analecta, the collectanea, as I may call them, of the preceding day’s dinner, which appear on such occasions — And see, there is Jenny going to ring the dinner-bell.” ❋ Unknown (1584)

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