abreviations Flashcards

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et seq.

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And the following (pages or items in a list)

Abbreviation of Latin et sequentes, short for et sequentes paginate ‘and the following pages’.

(law, used in page references) And that which follows.
See p. 87 et seq.
Covered in Code Section 123 et seq.

Indicates a range with fixed start and undetermined end, similar to casual “p. 87–” (page 87 and some following pages). et seqq. (“and those which follow”) is sometimes preferred if multiple things follow, but has become uncommon since the 1960s.

Latin et sequentes
Present active participle of sequor (“I follow”)
Latin et (personal, nominative case)
you (singular)

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et alibi

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and elsewhere

From Latin et (“and”) + alibi (“elsewhere”)

used to terminate lists of passages in a text.

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et alii

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And others

From Latin et (“and”) + alii (“others”)

used of men or boys, or groups of mixed gender; masculine plural

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etc.

&c.

et c

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And so on…down the list.

From Latin et cētera (“and the other things; and the rest of the things”).

used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.

From Middle English et cetera, etc., from Latin etc., an abbreviation of et cetera (“and the rest [of the things]; and the other things”).

Alternative forms

(abbreviation) : etc., etc, &c., et c.
(uncommon) : et caetera, et cætera

cetera = remaining, remainder, what’s left over.
accusative singular ceteran, plural ceteraj, accusative plural ceterajn)

cēterus
the other, remainder, rest
besides, also
(substantive) the others, everybody else

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