lapsus calami

English

Etymology

From Latin lāpsus calamī (literally “slip of the pen”), from calamus (“pen”).

Noun

lapsus calami (plural lapsus calami)

1. (formal) Synonym of slip of the pen.

   Synonym: lapsus plumæ

   Coordinate terms: lapsus digiti, lapsus digitorum; lapsus linguae, slip of the tongue, speako

   Near-synonyms: writo; miswriting; misprint; typo

   • 1995, Annals, volume 28, page 5, column 2:

     Unfortunately, there are two lapsus calami, which I missed in my review of the proof. They are as follows:
     • third paragraph, last line: the word “proximal” should be “proximate”
     • fourth paragraph, fourth last line: the word “ancestor” should be “ancestry”
     • in the same paragraph, the clause “The Eucarya share a common ancestry with Archaea, independently of Bacteria,” should be separately referenced with 6a.

Translations

slip of the pen — see slip of the pen