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单词 locus desperatus
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locus desperatusn.

Brit. /ˌləʊkəs ˌdɛspəˈrɑːtəs/, /ˌlɒkəs ˌdɛspəˈreɪtəs/, U.S. /ˌloʊkəs ˌdɛspəˈrɑdəs/
Inflections: Plural loci desperati.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin locus desperatus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin locus desperatus (1715 or earlier) < classical Latin locus locus n.1 + dēspērātus desperate adj.
A corrupted passage, esp. one in an ancient text, which defies interpretation.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > [noun] > reading > hopelessly corrupt passage
locus desperatus1726
1726 L. Theobald Shakespeare Restored 192 'Tis neither Sense, nor intelligible, nor conveys our Author's Sentiment..: So that it may fairly be look'd upon to have been one of his Loci desperati.
1857 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Geogr. II. 787/1 If the punctuation and text are correct, for it is almost a locus desperatus.
1922 F. Klaeber Beowulf 214 This passage remains..a ‘locus desperatus’.
1970 Anglia 88 367 Faced with such a locus desperatus, even a conscientious editor might decline to grapple afresh with the battered folio.
2010 Stud. Philol. 107 3 In this locus desperatus the poet writes about renowned lords.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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