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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 138
Table 22.1 continued
Foreign expression Abbreviation Language Meaning
(if used) (if not Latin)
exempli gratia e.g. for the sake of an example, for example
Festschrift German a publication in honour of a person
grosso modo more or less, approximately
hapax Greek word or expression found once only in
legomenon a given body of text (literally ‘said once’)
ibidem ibid. in the same place or passage
id est i.e. that is
idem id. the same
inter alia among other things
ipso facto by this very fact
lapsus linguae slip of the tongue
loco citato loc. cit., l.c. in the place or passage just cited
mutatis mutandis making the necessary changes
non sequitur something which does not follow
logically
nota bene NB note well, pay attention
opere citato op. cit. in the work cited
pace by leave of (usually used to indicate
that the author is aware of a
contradicting opinion)
passim everywhere, in many places
post hoc after the event
post hoc ergo after this and so because of this
propter hoc (a fallacious mode of argumentation)
quod vide q.v. which see (i.e. a cross-reference to
some other heading or section
in a work)
sic thus (i.e. this is an accurate copy)
status quo the situation as it was
sub verbo s.v. under the word
tabula rasa blank page
traduttore, Italian the translator is necessarily unfaithful
traditore to the original
ut infra as (mentioned or explained) below
ut supra as (mentioned or explained) above
vide v see
videlicet viz. that is to say, namely