latin abbreviations

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a.
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anno (in year)
a.a.
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ad acta (leave in the file)
a.ae.n.
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ante aeram nostram (before our era)
a.Ch.n.
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ante Christum natum (begofre the birth of Christ)
a.c.
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anno currente (in the current year)
A.D.
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Anno Domini
add.
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addidit (added)
adn.
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adnotatio (a note)
ad.us. ext.
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ad usum externum (for external use)
ad.us. int.
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ad usum internum (for internal use)
aet., aetat.
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aetatis (age)
a.u.c.
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ad urbe condita (since the foundation of Rome)
bibl.
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bibliotheca (library)
ca
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circa (approximately)
cap.
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caput (chapter)
cf.
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confer (compare)
c.t.
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cum tempore (with a delay allowed)
d.
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die (on the day)
del.
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deletum (broken)
dr u. i.
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doctor utriusque iuris (Doctor of both laws – civil and cannon)
D.V.
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Deo volente (out of God’s will)
e.c.
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exempli causa (for example)
e.g.
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exempli gratia (for example)
e.s.p.
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et sic porro (and so on)
e. seq.
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et sequentes (subsequently)
et seqq.
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et sequentia (and moreover)
f.
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filius (son)
f.
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fecit (did/achieved)
f.
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fiat (let it be)
fi. fac.
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fieri facias (make it happen)
h.t.
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hoc tempore (at present)
ib. = ibid
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ibidem (in the same place)
id.
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idem (the same – about the author)
i.e.
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id est (that is)
inv.
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invenit (found)
i.q.
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idem quod (the same)
it.
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item (also)
l.
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liber (volume)
l.
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libra (pound)
lac.
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lacuna (gap)
l.c.
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liber citatus (quoted book)
l.c.
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loco citato (in the quoted place)
l.l.d.
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legum doctor
l.l.m.
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legum magister
lim.
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limes (order)
l.s.
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locus sigilli (place for the seal)
m.
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mense (in the month)
m.a.
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magister artium (academic degree)
marg.
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margo (margine)
m.m.
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manu (with one’s hand)
mem.
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memento (remember)
m.pr.
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manu propria (with one’s own hand)
n. = nep.
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nepos (grandchild)
n.b.
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nota bene (remember well)
ne. con.
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nemine contradicente (when there is no objection)
n.l.
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non liquet (it is not clear)
n.n.
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nomen nescio (of no name or a family name)
ob.
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obiit (died)
ob. s. p.
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obiit sine prole (died without a descendant)
off.
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offusum (unclear)
om.
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omittit (omits)
op. cit.
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opere citato (in the quoted part)
op. l.
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opere laudato (in the quoted work)
o. s. c.
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opus supra cetera (perfect work)
p.
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pagina (page)
pp.
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paginae (pages)
p.a.
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per annum (annually)
per pro.
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per procura (on authority)
p.m.
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post meridiem (in the afternoon)
p.m.
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post mortem (after death)
p.p.s.
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post postscriptum
p.s.
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post scriptum
p.p.
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praetemissis praetemittendis (after leaving out of what ought to have been left out)
pr.a.
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pro anno (annually)
praef.
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praefatio (preface)
p.t.
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pleno titulo (with a full title)
q.e.d.
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quod erat demonstrandum (what sold hale been proved)
q.l.
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quantumlibet (as one wishes)
q.p.
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quantum placet (as one pleases)
q.v.
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quantum vis (as much as one wants)
rec.
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recensuit (assessed)
s.
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saeculum (age)
s.a.
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sine anno (without a year indicated)
sc = scil.
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scilicet (that is,)
s.f.
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sub finem (at the end)
s.m.p
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sine mascula prole (without a male descendant)
s.p.s.
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sine prole superstite (without a living descendant)
s.o.
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sine obligo (without an obligation)
sq.
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sequens (next line)
sqq.
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sequentes (subsequent)
s.t.
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sine tempore (punctually)
s.v.
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sub voce (under the name)
sup.
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supra (above)
sus. per. coll.
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suspensus per collum (hanged by neck)
t.t.
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toto titulo (with a full title)
u.i.
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ut infra (as below)
u.s.
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ut sequitur (as further stated)
v.
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versus (line)
v.
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verte (turn the page)
v.
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vide (look at)
v.g.
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verbi gratia (as an example)
v.l.
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varia lectio (different understand of a text)
v.s.
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veteris styli (in the old style)
v.s.p.
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verte, si placet (please, turn the page)

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