CLAS224 Word Elements. Monmouth College Monmouth, Illinois

Instructor: Thomas J. Sienkewicz (toms@monm.edu)

A LIST OF COMMON LATIN ABBREVIATIONS USED IN ENGLISH

ABBREVIATION LATIN PHRASE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
@

A.B.

A.C.

A.D.

ad fin.

ad lib.

aet.

A.M.

A.U.C.

B.Sc.

c., cir.

cent.

cf.

con.

cwt

d.

D.D.

D.g.

D.v.

e.g.

et al.

et al.

etc., &c.

et seq.

ib., ibid.

id.

i.e.

IHS

incog.

infra dig.

I.N.R.I.

inst.

lb.

LL.B.

l.c., loc.cit.

LL.D.

ad

Artium Baccalaureus

Ante Christum

A nno Domini

ad finem

ad libitum

aetatis (aetatem)

Artium Magister

ab urbe condita

Baccalaureus Scientiae

circa

centum

confer

contra

centum weight

denarius, denarii

Divinitatis Doctor

Dei gratia

Deo volente

exempli gratia

et alibi

et alli, aliae, alia

et cetera

et sequentes or sequentia

ibidem

idem

id est

in hoc signo; Jesus Hominum

Salvator

incognito, incognita

infra dignitatem

Iesus Nazarenus, Rex

Iudaeorum

instanti (mense)

libra

Le gum Baccalaureus

loco citato

legum Doctor

at

Bachelor of Arts

before Christ

in the year of our Lord

to the end

at pleasure

aged, at the age of

Master of Arts

from the founding of the city

Bachelor of Science

about

hundred

compare

against

hundred weight

penny, pence

Doctor of Divinity

by the grace of God

God willing

for example

and elsewhere

and others

and the rest, and so forth

and the following

in the same place

the same

that is

in this sign Jesus, Savior of Humans

unknown

beneath one's dignity

Jesus of Nazareth,

King of the Jews

this month

pound

Bachelor of Laws

in the place cited

Doctor of Laws

m.

m.

M.D.

N.B.

no.

per cent.

Ph.D.

p.m.

pro tem.

prox.

p.s.

Q.E.D.

Q.E.F.

q.v.

R.

R.I.P.

meridies

mille

Medicinae Doctor

nota bene

numero

percentum

Ph ilosophiae Doctor

post meridiem

pro tempore

proximo (mense)

post scriptum

quod erat demonstrandum

quod erat faciendum

quod vide

recipe

requiescat in pace

noon

thousand

Doctor of Medicine

note well, take notice

number

by the hundred

Doctor of Philosophy

afternoon

for the time being

next month

written afterwards

which was to be proved

which was to be done

which see

take

may he/she rest in peace



Back to the Top

Return to Monmouth College Classics Dept. Home Page