lapsus digiti

短语

发音

UK /ˌlæpsəsˈdɪdʒɪtaɪ/
UK /ˌlæpsuːsˈdɪdʒɪtaɪ/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A “slip of the finger”; a miskeying.

    罕用

    […] the names can hardly be considered distinct, being either a misprint or a lapsus digiti.

    Cuvier & Valenciennes state that the first ray of the dorsal of P. nigricans is prolonged in a filament. Is this a lapsus digiti for first ray of the pectoral? The dorsal and anal have from two to four minute accessory rays entirely hidden in the thick skin in front of the evident portion of these fins.

    Since I am hunting Latin and Greek classics, and since booksellers often misspell titles (or leave the author’s name in the genitive case), many excellent purchases can be made at the expense of a seller’s lapsus digiti.

词源

From the Latin: lāpsus (“a slipping or falling”) (lāpsūs in the plural) + digitī (“of [a / the] finger”), genitive singular form of digitus (“finger”) = “a finger’s slipping”; compare lapsus digitorum.

来源：wiktionary