variorum

[ vair-ee-awr-uh m, -ohr- ]

/ ˌvɛər iˈɔr əm, -ˈoʊr- /

containing different versions of the text by various editors: a variorum edition of Shakespeare.

containing many notes and commentaries by a number of scholars or critics: a variorum text of Cicero.

a variorum edition or text.

Origin of variorum

1720–30; short for Latin ēditiō cum notīs variōrum edition with the notes of various persons

The affray was repeatedly mentioned in Parliament, where the changes rung upon it produced quite a variorum edition of horrors.

Bits of Blarney |R. Shelton Mackenzie
In general, the Variorum editions were not greatly prized, with the exception of those by the two Gronovii and Grvius.

Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2 |Henry Hallam
See some admirable discussion on this passage, in the Variorum Shakspeare.

The Pirate |Sir Walter Scott
I do not even possess a variorum edition of the poet; my only copy being Mr. Collier's excellent edition.

Notes and Queries, Number 171, February 5, 1853 |Various

Boswell's Malone, the "third variorum" edition, is generally considered the best.

Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson |Thomas Babington Macaulay

variorum

/ (ˌvɛərɪˈɔːrəm) /

containing notes by various scholars or critics or various versions of the text a variorum edition

an edition or text of this kind

C18: from Latin phrase ēditiō cum notīs variōrum edition with the notes of various commentators