variorum

English

Etymology

From Latin variōrum, genitive plural masculine of varius (“various”), in the phrase editio cum notis variorum (“edition with various notes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛːɹɪˈɔːɹəm/

Noun

variorum (plural variorums or variora)

1. An edition of a written work (especially the complete works of a classical writer) showing the notes and readings of a variety of different editors or commentators.
   • 2007, Michael Dobson, “For his Nose was as sharpe as a Pen”, in London Review of Books, volume 29, number 9, page 5:

     Johnson set out to produce a variorum, compiling and summarising the history of Shakespearean emendation and annotation

   • 2010 March 20, James Campbell, “Barry Miles: 'I think of the 60s as a supermarket of ideas. We were looking for new ways to live'”, in The Guardian‎:

     The walls of the narrow hallway are covered with paintings, including several by William Burroughs, made during Burroughs's London phase, when Miles took on archival duties and compiled a bibliography of his work; he has also edited a variorum edition of Allen Ginsberg's Howl.

French

Noun

variorum m (plural variorum)

1. variorum

Latin

Adjective

variōrum

1. genitive masculine/neuter plural of varius