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Expresiones latinas traducidas al ingls

ab initio, from the beginning ab origine, from the origin ab ovo, from the egg; from the beginning ad, up to addenda, things to be added ad finem, to the end ad hoc, with respect to, a group of people with a definite work ad infinitum, to infinity ad libitum, ad lib., at pleasure ad nauseam, to the point of disgust or satiety ad rem, to the purpose adsum, I am present ad velorem, according to the value advocatus diaboli, devil's advocate a fortiori, with stronger reason ante cibum, a.c., before food ante meridiem, a.m., morning a posteriori, from effect to cause a priori, from cause to effect a ua, a , water a ua destillata, a . dest., distilled water aurio dextra, a.d., right ear aurio laeva, a.l., left ear aurio sinister, a.s., left ear aures utrae, a.u., each ear bis dat ui cito dat, he gives twice who gives uickly bis in die, b.i.d., twice daily bona fides, good faith cafe au lait spot, ceteris paribus, other things being e ual circa, about coup, stroke coup d'etat, a sudden decisive blow in politics coup de grace, a finishing stroke cul!de!sac, blind alley cum, c, with de facto, in point of fact de "ure, from the law de novo, anew dentur tales doses, d.t.d., give of such a dose dies, d, day dilue, dil, dilute dispensa, disp. dispense e.m.p., as directed en bloc

en masse, in mass en route, in route errata, errors et, at et cetera, etc., and the rest ex a ., in water ex officio, in virtue of his office ex post facto, after the deed is done fac, fiat, fiant, f., ft, make, let be made fait accompli, a thing already done gramma, #m, g, gram granum, gr, grain gutta, g.t.t., a drop hora, h, hour hora somni, h.s., at bedtime in ano in articulo mortis, at the point of death in extremis, at the point of death in loco, in the place in loco parentis, in the place of a parent in situ, in its original position in toto, in the whole in vacuo, in a vacuum ipso facto, by that very fact laborare est orare, to labor is to pray, work is worship li uor, li ., a li uor, solution misce, $, mix mixtura, mixt., a mixture modus operandi, manner of working modus vivendi, manner of living more dictor, m. dict., as directed nocturnal, noc., in the night non repatur, non. rep., no refills non se uitur, it does not follow nota bene, note well numerus, no., number octarius, %, %ct., a pint oculus dexter, o.d., right eye oculus sinister, o.s., left eye oculus uter ue, o.u., each eye onus probandi, the burden of proof per, for, through, by per contra, on the contrary per annum, by the year per capita, by heads per diem, by the day

per se, by itself persona non grata, an unacceptable person post cibos, p.c., after meals post meridiem, p.m., afternoon per os, p.o., per mouth prima facie, at first view pro forma, for the sake of form pro rata, according to rate pro re nata, p.r.n., as needed pulvis, pulv, a powder uam volueris, .v., as much as wanted uantum sufficiat, .s., sufficient uantity uater in die, .i.d, four times a day uia ue die, .d., every day uia ue hora, .h., every hour uid pro uo, something in return uo ue alternis die, .a.d., every other day repetatus, rep, let it be repeated sataratus, sat., saturated secundum artem, s.a., according to art semis, ss., one!half signa, &ig., label sine, s, without sine cura, without charge sine ua non, without which, something indispensable si opus sit, s.o.s., if there is need solutio, sol., solution statim, stat, at once status uo, the existing condition stet, do not delete sub "udice, under consideration sub rosa, confidentially suppositorium, supp., suppository syrupus, syr., syrup tabella, tab., tablet tabula rasa, a blank tablet tal, such tal dos, such doses ter in die, t.i.d., three times a day tritura, trit., triturate unguentum, ung., ointment ut dictum, ut. dict., as directed verbatim et literatim, word for word, letter for letter

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