Latin abbreviations?

Nicole · Sat Dec 03, 2005 17:07 pm *Latin abbreviations?*

Hi, I just thought it would be useful if we could compile a list of frequently used abbreviations with Latin orgin. For example:

e.g. (exempli gratia) = for example, like, such as
a.m. (ante meridiem) = time before noon
p.m. (post meridiem) = between noon and midnight
p.s. (postscript) = extra text added to a document
i.e. (id est) = that is to say
per se (of itself, in itself)

I'm sure there are more?
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Comenius · Sun Dec 04, 2005 21:29 pm *Latin abbreviations?*

You know, I'm a native speaker, and have used all of those expressions before, but I honestly didn't know the latin derivations for all of them. Very helpful, and interesting, too!

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Sidle Jinks · Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:29 am *Latin abbreviations?*

Hello everybody!

Alan · Mon Dec 05, 2005 13:20 pm *Latin*

Hi,

Talking of Latin I find the fact that John Milton (an English poet 1608-1674) who was also Latin Secretary to Oliver Cromwell and wrote one of the greatest epic poems in English (Paradise Lost) seriously thought of writing the epic in Latin because he thought the English language would never last. I am glad he was wrong!

Alan
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Stefanie · Mon Dec 05, 2005 16:02 pm *Latin*

Sidle Jinks · Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:26 am *Latin*

Stefanie · Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:28 am *Latin abbreviations?*

But therefore we have all the different verb endings and not only the "3rd-person-singular s" Wink

Sidle Jinks · Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:33 am *Latin abbreviations?*

Yes, and the first time I saw the way you write numerals, I was a bit dazed... Smile

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Stefanie · Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:36 am *Latin abbreviations?*

Sidle Jinks · Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:45 am *Latin abbreviations?*

Well, we were taught that you use no spaces when writing them. So, 5223 turns into f?nftausendzweihundertdreiundzwanzig, right? A bit unusual Smile

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Stefanie · Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:57 am *Latin abbreviations?*

Ah

Yes, it's right, we don't use spaces.
But as you only have to use the numerals for the numbers between one and ten - from ten you always use the numbers - you hardly ever will come across these long words ;o)

(apart from cheques etc.)

Sidle Jinks · Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:08 am *Latin abbreviations?*

And what about fractional numerals? For example, how would you write, say, 2.71828?
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Stefanie · Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:22 am *Latin abbreviations?*

;o)

The dot in German has the function of seperating numbers to make them easier to read - so 2.71828 would be zweihunderteinundsiebzigtausendachthundertachtundzwanzig Wink

We use a comma instead of a dot - so we would write 2,71828 - I think it would be written as zwei Komma sieben eins acht....
I've never written it in my life Wink

and I can't think of a situation where you would have two write it.

Conchita · Tue Apr 11, 2006 0:28 am *B.C./A.D*

Sidle Jinks · Tue Apr 11, 2006 0:55 am *Iesu vs Jesu*

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