stemma

/'stemə/

Thân thiện

A scholar examines a stemma in a library book.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An eye having a single lens: In zoology, a simple eye, or ocellus, found in some insects and other arthropods.
   • The descendants of one individual; lineage: The direct line of descent from an ancestor; a family tree or pedigree.
   • A tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work: In textual criticism, a diagram representing the hypothesized relationships between different manuscript copies of a text.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The insect's stemma is sensitive to light but does not form detailed images.
  • He traced his stemma back to the 15th century.
  • The scholar created a stemma to illustrate how the ancient manuscript was copied and altered over centuries.

Advanced Usage

• "Construct a stemma": To create a diagram mapping the lineage or manuscript relationships.
  • The philologist's first task was to construct a stemma for the surviving copies of the poem.

Variants and Related Words

• Stemmatic (adj): Pertaining to a stemma, especially in textual criticism.
  • The stemmatic analysis revealed two primary branches of the manuscript tradition.

Synonyms

• Lineage: Line of descent from an ancestor.
• Pedigree: Recorded ancestry, especially of a purebred animal.
• Ocellus: A simple eye; another term for a stemma in zoology.
• Genealogy: Study of family ancestries and histories.

Related Phrases

• Stemma codicum: (Latin) The "family tree of manuscripts"; a specific term in philology for a stemma showing manuscript relationships.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an eye having a single lens
2. the descendants of one individual
   • his entire lineage has been warriors
3. a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work

Từ đồng nghĩa

• simple eye
• ocellus