Meanings
- Synonym of autograph or autographic
That it is not an autographous work can appear from the numerous errors of the scribe.
1962, Logica Modernorum, page 5042 more examples
The text is, in fact, autographous, originating probably in an instructional context: the scribe was at the same time “composing” the text.
2008, Daniela Manetti, edited by Paul Keyser, Georgia Irby-Massie, Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists, page 510On the basis of her research Manetti argues that the papyrus is an ‘autographous text’, in which the author makes use of material from a medical work entitled Ἰατρικὴ συναγωγή circulating in the time of Galen under the name of Aristotle, though it was assumed at that time that it had been written by him or by a pupil Meno.
2020, Aëtiana, page 1971Synonyms: autograph, autographic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of autograph or autographic
Origin
Adapted borrowing of Latin autographus (adjective) + -ous. By surface analysis, auto- + -graphous.
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