Compiler

A compiler (from Latin compilator "plunder") is an author whose work essentially consists of collecting or compiling works or quotations from other authors.

The result of such work is called a compilation or compilation . Typically, such a work consists largely of quotations or loosely connected, largely verbatim sections from the works of others. The designation of an author as a compiler is therefore often meant derogatory.

In antiquity, compilator was used as a mock name for Virgil , as it was largely based on Homer. In philology, especially in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, the term is also used quite neutrally, e.g. For example, the older collections of decretals in front of the editorial staff of Liber Extra are entitled V compilationes antiquae .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Ernst Georges : Comprehensive Latin-German concise dictionary. Hannover 81913 (reprint Darmstadt 1998), Volume 1, Sp. 1348. [1]
2. ^ Metzler Lexicon Language. 2nd revised and expanded edition. Metzler, Stuttgart & Weimar 2000, p. 359