Complutensian

adjective

Com·​plu·​ten·​sian

¦kämplü¦tenchən

: of or relating to the polyglot bible published in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, in 1513–17 and containing the Old Testament in Hebrew, the Targum of Onkelos on the Pentateuch, the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and the Greek New Testament

the Complutensian Polyglot

Word History

Etymology

Latin complutensis (from Complutum, city in Spain—now Alcalá de Henares) + English -ian

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