Dittography

Dittography is the accidental, erroneous act of repeating a letter, word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist.^[1]

Example

$\mathfrak{P}$⁹⁸ in Rev 1:13 has περιεζωσμμενον instead of περιεζωσμενον (doubled μ). Codex Vaticanus in John 13:14 word διδασκαλος is repeated twice. In Codex Vaticanus in Acts, a book of the Bible, verse 19:34, the phrase "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians" appears twice while it only appears once in other manuscripts.^[2]

References

1. ^ Paul D. Wegner, A student's guide to textual criticism of the Bible: its history, methods, and results, InterVarsity Press, 2006, p. 48.
2. ^ Dittography—earlham.edu/~seidti

See also

• Textual criticism
• Haplology

This linguistics article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Proofreading Textual criticism Linguistics stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную? List of state leaders in 821 The Lost Years of Merlin Look at other dictionaries: dittography — n. The accidental repetition of one or more letters when writing or typing a word. Example Citation: In yet another tragic dittography case, Bull smashed his keyboard against the wall after typing competitition one too many times. Related Word:… …   New words dittography — dittographic /dit euh graf ik/, adj. /di tog reuh fee/, n. reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error. Cf. haplography. [1870 75; < Gk dittographía, dial. var. of DISSOGRAPHÍA, equiv. to dissó(s)… …   Universalium dittography — noun a) the accidental, erroneous act of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist. b) the errors produced thereby …   Wiktionary dittography — n. repetition of letters or word combinations (usually by a writing or typing error) …   English contemporary dictionary dittography — dit·tog·ra·phy …   English syllables dittography — /dɪˈtɒgrəfi/ (say di togruhfee) noun 1. unintentional repetition of one or more symbols in writing, as in copying a manuscript. 2. the resulting passage or reading. {Greek ditto(s) double + graphy} –dittographic /dɪtəˈgræfɪk/ (say dituh grafik),… …   dittography — n. (pl. ies) 1 a copyist s mistaken repetition of a letter, word, or phrase. 2 an example of this. Derivatives: dittographic adj. Etymology: Gk dittos double + GRAPHY …   Useful english dictionary dittograph — /dit euh graf , grahf /, n. an instance of dittography; a passage containing reduplicated syllables, letters, etc. [1870 75; back formation from DITTOGRAPHY] * * * …   Universalium biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium δισσογραφία — δισσογραφίᾱ , δισσογραφία dittography fem nom/voc/acc dual δισσογραφίᾱ , δισσογραφία dittography fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic) …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες) 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”