Obelus

Word OBELUS
Character 6
Hyphenation ‖Ob e lus
Pronunciations /ˈɒbləs/

Definitions and meanings of "Obelus"

What do we mean by obelus?

A mark (— or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to indicate a doubtful or spurious passage. noun

A mark, so called from its resemblance to a spit, usually made like a dash, thus —, or like an obelisk, thus , and employed in ancient manuscripts to indicate a suspected passage or reading. noun

A mark thus —, or ÷; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings. noun

A mark (÷) used to represent division in mathematics. Also used to indicate a written or printed passage, and in ancient manuscripts to mark a word or passage as spurious or doubtful. noun

A dagger mark (†) used as a reference mark in printed matter, or to indicate that a person is deceased, often used to indicate a footnote. noun

A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant; an obelisk.

A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date; an obelisk.

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The word "obelus" in example sentences

Andrians and Corinthians, and the decree for the mutilation of the captives, of which Philokles was the author.] [Footnote 149: Golden crowns, at this period of Greek history, was the name applied to large sums of money voted by cities to men whose favour they hoped to gain.] [Footnote 150: A spit is called obelus in Greek.] [Footnote 151: Probably of each of the Spartan admirals who had commanded during the war. ❋ 46-120? Plutarch (1839)

In the Latin text, the start and end of passages which are deeply corrupt and therefore difficult to correct are indicated by an asterisk, instead of the usual dagger (obelus). ❋ 43 BC-18? Ovid (N/A)

_ -- What is the origin of the asterisk, obelus, &c., used for references to notes? ❋ Various (N/A)

Hexapla, the obelus was prefixed to words or lines which were wanting in the Hebrew, and therefore, from Origen's point of view, of doubtful authority, while the asterisk called attention to words or lines wanting in the Septuagint, but present in the Hebrew. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

But such was not the usage of Budaeus; he employed the obelus merely to call attention to something that interested him. ❋ Edward Kennard Rand (1908)

The simple obelus apparently denotes interest, the pointed obelus great interest, the doubly pointed obelus intense interest, and the pointing finger of a carefully drawn hand burning interest. ❋ Edward Kennard Rand (1908)

The purpose of the doubly pointed obelus is plainly indicated here, as it accompanies two of these catchwords. ❋ Edward Kennard Rand (1908)

It is remarkable, for instance, that on a passage (65, 11) which, as the appended obelus shows, he must have read with attention, he has not added the very different reading of the Parisinus. ❋ Edward Kennard Rand (1908)

In accurate copies these words are marked with an obelus, [1532] which is the sign of rejection. ❋ Unknown (1895)

Strabo xi. 507, et sq. [1532] The obelus (/-) is used by Jerome to mark superfluous matter in the lxx.cf. Jer.p. 494, in Canon Fremantle's Translation. ❋ Unknown (1895)

The “obelus” was the smallest Greek silver coin, and was equal in value to about three halfpence of our money. ❋ Terence (1847)

The obelus was first used by Johann Rahn (1622-1676) in 1659 in Teutsche Algebra. ❋ Looking4good (2010)

English mathematician who introduced the division sign (obelus, ÷) into England. ❋ Looking4good (2010)

In his peculiar notation, _Asides_ are marked by inverted commas, and obvious stage business is indicated by an obelus. ❋ William Shakespeare (1590)

While I love the frenetic beat and I admire the styles of contributors Benjamin Bear and id obelus, this song also suffers from overuse of vocal delay. ❋ Unknown (2008)

No Super-Ego, Just id: id obelus has a new project in the works. ❋ Unknown (2008)

a doubly pointed obelus opposite an interesting passage, the text of which shows no variants or editorial questionings. ❋ Edward Kennard Rand (1908)

The close of the context to which the obelus or asterisk was intended to apply was marked by another sign known as the metobelus "(Swete). ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Hebrew text which had been omitted by the Septuagint and were borrowed by him from Theodotion; he marked with the obelus ( ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

There is one feature of Budaeus’s marginal jottings that at once arouses the curiosity of the textual critic, namely, the frequent appearance of the _obelus_ and the _obelus cum puncto_. ❋ Edward Kennard Rand (1908)

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