Talk:List of Latin abbreviations
Formatting & stet
I just made some minor edits, but I think this page needs uniform formatting. Also, should the description of "stet" be moved to "sic"? I am pretty sure that description applies to "sic", but I have never heard "stet" before.
-Vessels42 23:52, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- stet is used extensively in proofreading. WLD 18:44, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Usage?
--Might it be profittable to include in each a prescribed usage or a list of where this may commonly occur? Thank you, Zach Beauvais 00:23, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
--Maybe make a chart?
Per procura?
I think that per procura should be deleted, both here and in the list of Latin phrases.
Per procura can’t be Latin: the Latin equivalent is per procurationem. So, either it’s Italian or (less probably, in my opinion) it’s a shortening of per procurationem.
Does anybody know more? Tom Hope
- My knowledge of Latin is minimal, but my Latin dictionary lists:
- procuro 1
- a)to take care of, attend to, look after, administer (as an agent or procurator);
- b)to expiate
- That means the only form written as procura would be the present active imperative singular, which, as you say doesn't make a great deal of sense. I would agree with you that p.p. is an abbreviation of per procurationem, and the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary agrees with you also.
- Incidentally, pp is also used to mean 'pages' as in "See reference 1, pp 3-7". Is this also a Latin abbreviation? If so, I can't, as yet, find a reference. - WLD 01:15, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
sq
i recently saw this in an old translated textbook. it reads "resume the notation on page 279 sq." what does the sq mean? my best guess is that it's a latin abbreviation, but i can't find the meaning anywhere. the text is a 1959 english translation of a german text on optics published in 1899. maybe someone can add this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.17.198.83 (talk) 20:51, 3 June 2008 (UTC)