Basic Abbreviations

Question 1

a.

Answer 1

annus - year

Question 2

A.D.

Answer 2

Anno Domini - in the year of our lord

Question 3

a.m.

Answer 3

ante meridiem - before noon

Question 4

A.U.C.

Answer 4

ab urbe condita/anno urbis conditae - From the founding of the city

Question 5

ab init.

Answer 5

ab initio - from the beginning

Question 6

ad inf.

Answer 6

ad infinitum - to infinity

Question 7

ad lib.

Answer 7

ad libitum - at pleasure

Question 8

c.

Answer 8

cum - with

Question 9

ca.

Answer 9

circa - about (approx.)

Question 10

cent.

Answer 10

centum - hundred

Question 11

cf.

Answer 11

confer - compare

Question 12

D.G.

Answer 12

Dei gratia - By the grace of God

Question 13

d.s.p.

Answer 13

decessit sine prole - He died without offspring (HAHA - er i mean awww)

Question 14

D.V.

Answer 14

Deo volente - God willing

Question 15

e.g.

Answer 15

exempli gratia - for the sake of example

Question 16

et al.

Answer 16

et alia - and others

Question 17

etc.

Answer 17

et cetera - and the rest

Question 18

fec.

Answer 18

fecit - he/she made [it]

Question 19

i.e.

Answer 19

id est - that is

Question 20

ibid.

Answer 20

ibidem - in the same place

Question 21

loc. cit.

Answer 21

loco citato - in the place cited

Question 22

loq.

Answer 22

loquitur - he/she speaks

Question 23

M.O.

Answer 23

Modus operandi - method of working

Question 24

N.B.

Answer 24

Nota Bene - note well

Question 25

op. cit.

Answer 25

opere citato - in the work cited

Question 26

p.

Answer 26

pater - father

Question 27

p.d.

Answer 27

per diem - per day

Question 28

p.m.

Answer 28

post meridiem - after noon

Question 29

p.m.

Answer 29

post mortem - after death

Question 30

P.S.

Answer 30

post scriptum -written afterwards

Question 31

per ann.

Answer 31

per annum - annually

Question 32

per cent.

Answer 32

per centum - by the hundred

Question 33

pinx.

Answer 33

pinxit - he/she painted

Question 34

pro tem.

Answer 34

pro tempore - for the time being

Question 35

Q.E.D.

Answer 35

quod erat demonstrandum - that which was to be shown (math)

Question 36

Q.E.F.

Answer 36

quod erat faciendum - that which was to be done

Question 37

q.v.

Answer 37

quod vide - which see

Question 38

R.I.P.

Answer 38

Recquiescat in pace - May he rest in peace

Question 39

s.o.s.

Answer 39

si opus sit - if there is need

Question 40

SPQR

Answer 40

Senatus Populusque Romanus - The Senate and the Roman people

Question 41

stat.

Answer 41

statim - immediately

Question 42

viz.

Answer 42

videlicet - namely

Question 43

vs.

Answer 43

versus - against