lapsus calami

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

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.