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Definition of Obelus
1. n. A mark [thus —, or ÷]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.
Definition of Obelus
1. Noun. A mark, similar to '''–''' or '''÷''', used to indicate a written or printed passage. ¹
2. Noun. A dagger mark, '''†''', often used to indicate a footnote. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obelus
1. a symbol used in ancient manuscripts to indicate a doubtful passage [n -LI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obelus
Literary usage of Obelus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1859)
"The ' obelus' is properly a sharp-pointed spear or spit; with a sign resembling
this, spurious or doubtful passages were marked in the books of antiquity, ..."
2. A Biblical and theological dictionary by Richard Watson (1832)
"... who was then living, Isaiah xxxvi. translation i« in the Ambrosian library at
Milan; it contains the obelus and other marks of Origen's Hexapla ; and a ..."
3. The Tyro's Dictionary, Latin and English: Comprehending the More Usual by John Mair, David Phineas Adams (1809)
"obelus, im • a splt or dagger. * oceanus. im the god of the tea, the ocean. ...
obelus * oceanus. ..."
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