What does "hyparchetype" mean?

A manuscript from which a family of texts is derived by copying; an intermediary node between the archetype (protograph) and a set of surviving manuscripts in a stemma codicum.

How do you pronounce "hyparchetype"?

Pronounced //haɪpˈɑːkɪtaɪp//.

Hyparchetype

//haɪpˈɑːkɪtaɪp// noun

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Noun

1
A manuscript from which a family of texts is derived by copying; an intermediary node between the archetype (protograph) and a set of surviving manuscripts in a stemma codicum.

Etymology

From hyp- + archetype.

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stemma codicum

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