Questions tagged [abbreviations]
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Abbreviation I haven’t seen before
Salve! In a book from 1483 there is an abbreviation or glyph I have never seen before. As the book is in Latin, I figured LatinSE was the place to ask. Has anyone ever seen this, and—more importantly—...
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Reading the motto of Obispado de Cuenca
There is a line of Latin handwriting on the logo of Obispado de Cuenca. What I can read is
ego. julianus. dei gra coch(?) eps.
with unknown diacritics.
julianus is seemingly Julián de Cuenca, a ...
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What does „fecerunt pedes“ mean in Latin inscriptions?
I have found several inscriptions in Latin that include the phrase „fecerunt/fecit pedes“
E.g. in the Basilica Sant‘Eufemia in Grado, Italy:
Martini/anus et Simplicia / cum fili/is suis / f(ecerunt) ...
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Any idea what's going on with the middle term of this dedication?
So I think the words are clear enough—Nobilissimo Principi FREDERICO GEORGII ffilio Celsissimi, GEORGII Nep: Augustissimi, CAESARI destinato, M. BRITANNIAE spei, Delicijs, Animaq. desideratissimae, ...
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What is going on with the symbol in the weight here?
So this is an image from William Musgrave's account of the Southbroom Hoard discovered outside Devizes, Wiltshire, in England in 1714. They seem to be some local's cache hidden away around the reign ...
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Is S. S. an abbreviation of scilicet?
I'm translating the following Latin dedication: "S. S. Theologiae Lectori Primario ad Regium Gymnasium"
"S. S." might be an abbreviation for scilicet (namely, to wit, in particular)...
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Expansion of medical Latin abbreviation (ventric. later. dextr.)
I don't know enough Latin grammar to properly expand this abbreviation: ventric. later. dextr.
I am aware that it means the right lateral ventricle in the brain, the lateral ventricles as a whole ...
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16th century Latin (England) Transcription/Translation of Recipe for Braggot
I study how mead was made (and what it tasted like!) before about 1750 CE. I am not a linguist, and acknowledge my rudimentary knowledge of Latin grammar/tenses/etc. (learning all the time).
I’m ...
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Latin date abbreviation meanings
I've hit a bit of a stumbling block with the translation of two dates written in Latin. Could anyone please confirm the meanings of the abbreviations in the below image?
I believe they simply are ...
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I with superscript ma
There is a footnote (45-35) in (Milman's 1845) Gibbon that looks like this:
See Brenkman, Dissert. Ima de Republicâ Amalphitanâ, pp.1-42, ad calcem Hist. Pandect. Florent.
I have not been able to ...
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Identifying a Latin abbreviation/symbol
While transcribing and translating some late 17th century Manorial Court rolls I have come across a frequently recurring symbol. I've referred to Capelli's The elements of abbreviation in medieval ...
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Does the abbreviation “ſ.” in this 1755 work mean “sine”?
For an answer on the RPG Stack, I’m trying to read some entries in Medicinisch-Chymisch und Alchemistisches Oraculum, a 1755 German work whose entries are in Latin. I’m stuck on these two entries:
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A short form for «as (it-) is»?
May there be an acronym, an abbreviation for the term «as is», «as it is»? The context the term used: to leave as it is, remain unchanged.
P.S.: Found a word stet, which translates to let it stand.
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What does "Mus. Reg. Gall." stand for?
Gibbon, at the end of a note detailing the imprinting on a medal, has "(Mus. Reg. Gall.)".
I have found other references outside Gibbon, and have gotten (maybe) as far as "Mus. Regis ...
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Encoding abbreviated 'quod' in Unicode
This example comes from a 16th century treatise printed in Poland.
It's known from a published transcription that it means 'quod'. The question is what is the last character of the abbreviation.
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Transcription of 3 latin lines in Dutch medieval manuscript
Hi Latin Stackexchange
for my masters thesis I am transcribing a 16th century Dutch manuscript about alchemy.
On folio 172r there are some Latin words and a Latin sentence.
Can someone help me ...
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What kind of scribal abbreviation for Christi is this?
These are the opening words of the "Subtrahente se famula Christi Liudmila" excerpt from Legenda Christiani (Vita et passio sancti Wenceslai et sanctae Ludmilae avae eius). However, what is ...
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What is "Vet." or "Veter." an abbreviation for in these references?
Gibbon references "Panegyric Vet." or "Panegyric Veter." a few times in DandF's notes, e.g. the orator Eumenius (Panegyric Veter. viii 6, or Panegyr. Vet. v 18.
The Panegyric is ...
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Abbreviations used by Romans in their inscriptions
While watching a documentary, I came across this Roman tombstone of three Jewish freedmen (below is the image):
The expanded transcription available online is,
L(ucius) Valerius L(uci) l(ibertus)
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what does the abbreviation "h. l." (or "h. 1.") stand for?
In one of the footnotes in Popma's book, we read:
Vocabulum hocce in genere neutro h. l. esse positum, testatur Erythraeus in Ind. Virgil. fol. 41. fac. 2. col b.
I could not find Erythraeu's book ...
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What does "tom. i." mean?
I'm seeing the following abbreviation in several book/manuscript citations, particularly in religious works, but I have no idea what the abbreviation means. From the context of where I'm finding it, I'...
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What does the Latin abbreviation "A. O. R." stand for?
Lately I have come across what appears to be a Latin abbreviation, "A. O. R.," on several title pages of books from the eighteenth century. The abbreviation may have to do with the date, perhaps? Here'...
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Latin abbreviation "plagg."
used, e.g., here and here
does it mean "pages"? how come?
checked all the entries beginning with "plag" on Logeion and the only one that could possibly fit is plaga
what's a good resource for ...
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Meaning of "M.H.P." on a grave marker?
In translating the Latin-text gravestone of an early 18th century Capuchin, I encounter "M.H.P." at the end of the epitaph, followed by "A.M.D.G." --for "Ad maiorem Dei gloriam". I suspect the M.H.P. ...
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Does "Op. cit." stand for "opus citatum" or "opere citato"?
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary says "opere citato"
American Heritage Dictionary, Collins and Oxford (at Lexico.com) say "opere citato"
Merriam Webster Dictionary has an entry ...
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Translating part of the preface of the Clementine Vulgate
I wanted eliminate all acronyms from my digital copy of the Clementine Vulgate, when I came across this acronym: S.R.E, which I'm pretty sure it means Sancta Romana Ecclesia (Holy Church of Rome).
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What does a red v with a dot above mean in the Misal rico de Cisneros (Spain, 1518)?
What do the red v. mean?
Manuscript:
http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=12826&page=246 page 675
As stated in my other question, I've been making the manuscript into a font.
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What do three diagonal dots above a letter mean in the "Misal rico de Cisneros" (Spain, 1518)?
I can't seem to find this in any books about medieval scribal abbreviations.
Manuscript: http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=12826&page=246
page 223/1613
They can be found all throughout the ...
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Why does the Misal rico de Cisneros uses the word "Qiſſa", and what is it supposed to mean? Why not "Miſſa" (Missa)?
The Misal rico de Cisneros, produced by archbishop Cisneros, the archbishop of Toledo, Spain, in the early sixteenth century, is a Latin Catholic missal also known as the Missale secundum ...
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Did the Romans abbreviate the days of the week?
In current Spanish when we have to abbreviate the days of the week using only one character, in most places (but not everywhere) to tell apart martes (Tuesday) from miércoles (Wednesday) we use 'M' ...
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Why is there a Q in SPQR?
The abbreviation SPQR stands for Senatus PopulusQue Romanus. Why is the Q included, as there are only three words? Why isn't it just SPR? Or does SPQR stand for something else?
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A few questions about a Lobel-Page critical note
In a critical note by Lobel-Page, I read:
κάλαις ὔμμιν cod. A, quo retento τὸ νόημ[μα] ci. Bekker. quod quamvis cum grammatici verbis aptius congruere videatur, tamen ob ν ἐφελκυστικόν positionem ...
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What does "in eod." stand for?
I'm looking at the footnotes in John Jewel's ''Defence of the Apology of the Church of England'' and I see this abbreviation repeated in many citations:
Marcellin. Condemn. in eod. Tom. I. p. 192, 4, ...
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Abbreviation "D. O. M." on tombstones
To finish my Maltese question series before boarding a plane off the island, here is another question about Latin inscriptions in tombstones in St. John's co-cathedral at Valletta.
In many tombs, ...
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Medieval abbreviation for gens [actually, igitur]
I came across an abbreviation in a text that I'd like to typeset as diplomatically as possible, but I've come across an abbreviation for gens that I'm not entirely sure how it's being abbreviated (...
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What does "Scat." stands for in Latin?
I found this prescription in which the word "Scat." is found. What does this abbreviation stand for?
I've tried googling, and I found that in Latin there is a word "scatula" which means box. I'm ...
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What does D.D.P. mean in this inscription? (see image)
I think I got the rest of the inscription figured out. It is a dedication to Marcus Aurelius. But what does the last abbreviation, D.D.P., stand for?
The inscription is from a statue base in Caserma ...
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What is meant by "collateral" in dictionaries?
Lewis & Short often use the abbreviation collat., standing for collateral according to the appendix of abbreviations. An example:
ŭtĕrus, i, m. (collat. form ŭter, Caecil. ap. Non. 188, 15; ...
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About scribal abbreviations and diacritics in digitalized book titles
In the Wiktionary entry about philematology, there is a reference to this book. The title is copied (AFAIK, but I can't load the picture in the previous link so…) as in the cover, that is:
[Jacobus ...
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What does J.S.J.P. stand for?
There is this title page of a "disputation" (a kind of academic thesis?), which begins with the abbreviation J.S.J.P. Because it is the first line, I would expect it to be some kind of benediction, ...
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Why is the Roman acronym SPQR and not SPR?
SPQR stands for "Senātus Populusque Rōmānus". It would be logical (at least in English or Spanish) to expect the initialism or acronym to be SPR. However, the first letter of the conjunction "-que" is ...
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Books of reading medieval Latin manuscripts
I would like to learn how to read medieval Latin manuscripts, but they often use abbreviations/shorthand. What are some books that would help me read these manuscripts?
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What does Q.B.V.D. stand for on the title page of a dissertation?
I have seen Q.B.V.D. as the first line of titles pages of academic dissertations, like this one:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=YmpZAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=Q.B.V.D&source=bl&...
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What does the Latin abbreviation "Form." stand for?
I came across a medal commemorating the coronation of Charles XV in 1860. The inscriptions on the medal are all in Latin. I am aware of a few latin abbreviations centered around the creators of medals ...
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Can Roman numerals stand for any kind of Latin numbers?
Latin has four classes of number words.
Can Roman numerals (I, II, …) be used to for any class, or should they be restricted to, say, cardinals and ordinals?
For example, can I abbreviate any ...
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Medieval siglum/abbreviation: "z" symbol
Two problems in a glosserd Genesis from southern France. The topic is the double narrative of the Creation of Man.
This problem is another siglum / abbreviation using ‘z’. In this case it is not ...
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Abbreviations in Latin dictionaries, especially Lewis and Short
When reading Lewis and Short online1, I have occasional trouble figuring out what the various abbreviations mean.
This includes authors and their works, but, more importantly to me, also other ...
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What is the meaning of the abbreviations “h.e.” and “h.l.”?
In Novum Lexicon Graeco-Latinum in Novum Testamentum, Johann Friedrich Schleusner wrote the following entry on the Greek word νεόφυτος.1
In his entry, he uses two abbreviations, “h.e.” and “h.l.”
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A medieval scribal abbreviation missing from Unicode?
Placita de quo Warranto is the 1806 printed transcription of latin legal texts from around 1300 written on vellum. There are many abbreviations. The 1806 document in its preface gives an example ...
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Is qsd an abbreviation for a Latin phrase?
This is a bit cheeky, but I'm trying to find out the meaning of what may be an 18th century abbreviation of a Latin phrase (for an answer to a question in EL&U.SE). Since I have no Latin, I've ...
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