Associations to the word «Stephanus»

Wiktionary

STEPHANUS LETTER, noun. (Stephanus pagination) A standard reference letter (either , , , , or ) for a one-fifth–equal-part subdivision of a given section (denoted by the preceding Stephanus number) of a given Platonic dialogue.
STEPHANUS NUMBER, noun. (Stephanus pagination) A standard reference number for a section of a given Platonic dialogue, referring to a page in the 1578 translation of Plato’s dialogues by Henricus Stephanus.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras