Erasmine

English

Etymology

From the Latin Erasmīnus, from Erasmus +‎ -īnus; equivalent to Erasmus +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹæzmaɪn/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹazmʌɪn/

Adjective

Erasmine (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Desiderius Erasmus’s Novum Instrumentum omne (his authoritative revision of the Bible’s New Testament [five eds., 1516–1535]), its text, or its variae lectiones.
   • 1839, William Thomas Lowndes, The British Librarian, part I, § 1.4.38 (column 33):

     In the Erasmine and Benedictine editions of Jerome’s Works.

   • 1880, A. Calvin, A General Catalogue of the Stock of C. J. Stewart, § 1,412 (page 116):

     The text of this edition…adopts 9 readings from the Complutensian, 4 from the Erasmine, 3 from both in common, and 9 entirely new.

Translations

of or pertaining to Erasmus’s Novum Instrumentum omne, its text, or its vv.ll.

See also

• Benedictine
• Clementine
• Complutensian

Anagrams

• Amerines, e-seminar, ermineas

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.rasˈmiː.ne/, [ɛräs̠ˈmiːnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.rasˈmi.ne/, [eräzˈmiːne]

Adjective

Erasmīne

1. vocative masculine singular of Erasmīnus