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- noun A standard
reference letter (either a, b, c, d, or e) for a one-fifth –equal-partsubdivision of a givensection (denoted by thepreceding Stephanus number ) of a givenPlatonic dialogue .
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Stephanus (the surname of the writer of a famous early translation (in 1578) of the dialogues of the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato) + letter
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