Meaning of lapsus memoriae | Babel Free

Definitions

A slip of memory; an instance of forgetting.

formal, uncommon

Examples

“¹²⁰ On account of the mistake⟳ made in line 3 in the reference to the boar (Aetolicus instead of Erymanthius). Prescott (art. cit. (1932), p. 113, n. 7) and Tierney (art. cit., pp. 28f.), however, have⟳ both pointed out that similar lapsus memoriae are to be found among Greek Comic writers and therefore, passages containing such mistakes need⟳ not inevitably be attributed to the Roman adapter.”

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