W. M. Lindsay, An Introduction to Latin Textual Emendation, Errors of Substitution, Substitution of word from context

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Substitution of word from context

A scribe often substituted for the true word a word from the immediate context, in a temporary aberration of mind. In Cicero Orator § 98, for example, acuteque has been substituted for arguteque; and if we seek for the cause, we find it in the previous occurrence of the word acuto in the sentence: “qui in illo subtili et acuto elaboravit, ut callide arguteque diceret.”

An Introduction to Latin Textual Emendation Based on the Text of Plautus. W. M. Lindsay. Anne Mahoney. edited for Perseus. London. Macmillan. 1896.

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