Exempli gratia — 'for example'; introduces one or two samples, never the whole list.

Id est — 'that is'; restates the same thing, so both sides must be interchangeable.

Et cetera — 'and the rest'; put a comma before it and never write 'and etc.'

Confer — 'compare'; sends the reader to a work to set against the one being discussed.

Videlicet — 'namely'; a stronger, more exact i.e., used before a full and precise list.

Scilicet — 'namely'; supplies a word left out, or clears up an ambiguity.

Et alii — 'and others'; used of people in citations, not of things.

Nota bene — 'note well'; conventionally capitalised, unlike e.g. and i.e.

Ibidem — 'in the same place'; the same source AND page as the note just before.

Idem — 'the same'; stands in for the author's name across works by them. Chicago discourages it.

Opere citato — 'in the work cited'; obsolete. Chicago uses a shortened title instead

Loco citato — 'in the place cited'; same work and page. Obsolete, like op. cit.

Circa — 'about'; placed before an approximate date: born c. 1600.

Quod vide — 'which see'; look the topic up elsewhere in the same work.

Sub verbo — 'under the word'; cites a dictionary or encyclopedia entry by its headword.

Latin for 'thus' — the oddity or error is in the original, not in the quoting.

'By, of or in itself' — the thing taken on its own, apart from anything attached to it.

'For this' — made or done for one particular purpose, not planned in advance.

'Here and there' — the point recurs throughout the work, not on one page.

Versus — 'against'; v. is the usual form in case names, vs. elsewhere.

Quod erat demonstrandum — 'which was to be demonstrated'; closes a proof.

Et sequens / et sequentes — 'and the following'; p. 12 et seq. means p. 12 onward.

Postscriptum — 'written after'; a note added below the signature of a letter.

Ante meridiem and post meridiem — 'before noon' and 'after noon'.

Anno Domini — 'in the year of the Lord'. AD is Latin; BC ('before Christ') is English.

'Among other things' — flags that a list is being cut short.

How US and UK style punctuate e.g. and i.e.

US (Chicago): periods kept, comma after — 'e.g.,'. UK style often drops both: 'eg'.

Where these abbreviations belong in a paper

In parentheses, notes and tables. In running prose, spell them out in English instead.

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The Latin abbreviations of English writing and citation, each with the Latin it stands for, its meaning, and the US and UK conventions for punctuating it. Cards look like this: e.g. → Exempli gratia — 'for example'; introduces one or two samples, never the whole list.; i.e. → Id est — 'that is'; restates the same thing, so both sides must be interchangeable.. The deck is written for grades 7–12 and filed under english & reading.

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e.g.: Exempli gratia — 'for example'; introduces one or two samples, never the whole list.
i.e.: Id est — 'that is'; restates the same thing, so both sides must be interchangeable.
'The rocky planets (___ Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars)' — e.g. or i.e.?: i.e. — those four ARE the rocky planets. e.g. would need just a sample: '(e.g., Mercury)'.
etc.: Et cetera — 'and the rest'; put a comma before it and never write 'and etc.'
cf.: Confer — 'compare'; sends the reader to a work to set against the one being discussed.
viz.: Videlicet — 'namely'; a stronger, more exact i.e., used before a full and precise list.
sc.: Scilicet — 'namely'; supplies a word left out, or clears up an ambiguity.
et al.: Et alii — 'and others'; used of people in citations, not of things.
N.B.: Nota bene — 'note well'; conventionally capitalised, unlike e.g. and i.e.
ibid.: Ibidem — 'in the same place'; the same source AND page as the note just before.
id.: Idem — 'the same'; stands in for the author's name across works by them. Chicago discourages it.
op. cit.: Opere citato — 'in the work cited'; obsolete. Chicago uses a shortened title instead
loc. cit.: Loco citato — 'in the place cited'; same work and page. Obsolete, like op. cit.
c. or ca.: Circa — 'about'; placed before an approximate date: born c. 1600.
q.v.: Quod vide — 'which see'; look the topic up elsewhere in the same work.
s.v.: Sub verbo — 'under the word'; cites a dictionary or encyclopedia entry by its headword.
sic: Latin for 'thus' — the oddity or error is in the original, not in the quoting.
per se: 'By, of or in itself' — the thing taken on its own, apart from anything attached to it.
ad hoc: 'For this' — made or done for one particular purpose, not planned in advance.
passim: 'Here and there' — the point recurs throughout the work, not on one page.
vs. or v.: Versus — 'against'; v. is the usual form in case names, vs. elsewhere.
Q.E.D.: Quod erat demonstrandum — 'which was to be demonstrated'; closes a proof.
et seq.: Et sequens / et sequentes — 'and the following'; p. 12 et seq. means p. 12 onward.
P.S.: Postscriptum — 'written after'; a note added below the signature of a letter.
a.m. and p.m.: Ante meridiem and post meridiem — 'before noon' and 'after noon'.
AD: Anno Domini — 'in the year of the Lord'. AD is Latin; BC ('before Christ') is English.
inter alia: 'Among other things' — flags that a list is being cut short.
How US and UK style punctuate e.g. and i.e.: US (Chicago): periods kept, comma after — 'e.g.,'. UK style often drops both: 'eg'.
Where these abbreviations belong in a paper: In parentheses, notes and tables. In running prose, spell them out in English instead.

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How many cards are in the Latin Abbreviations in English flashcard deck?: The Latin Abbreviations in English deck on PuzzlePage has 29 cards, and all 29 are free to play and free to download with no account and no payment. 29 cards. The set of Latin abbreviations in general English use is small and closed — this deck covers the ones the major style manuals and dictionaries actually treat, plus two usage cards. Padding it would mean inventing entries.
What is on the latin abbreviations in english flashcards?: The Latin abbreviations of English writing and citation, each with the Latin it stands for, its meaning, and the US and UK conventions for punctuating it. Cards look like this: e.g. → Exempli gratia — 'for example'; introduces one or two samples, never the whole list.; i.e. → Id est — 'that is'; restates the same thing, so both sides must be interchangeable.. The deck is written for grades 7–12 and filed under english & reading.
Can I study latin abbreviations in english flashcards online for free?: Yes. All 29 cards of the Latin Abbreviations in English deck play free in any web browser at puzzlepage.app, with no account, no app and no card details. It works on a phone, tablet, Chromebook, laptop or classroom projector. Practice mode flips through the cards with nothing scored; quiz mode makes you answer each card before it flips, times the run and scores it.
Are the latin abbreviations in english flashcards accurate?: Every card in the Latin Abbreviations in English deck cites two independent published sources — two different organisations, not a standards body and a site reprinting it — and a script checks that, rather than taking the writer's word for it. A second specialist then re-verified the deck against sources of their own, without reading the citations first. That is the difference from a user-generated flashcard site, where the cards are whatever a stranger typed and nobody is accountable for them.
Can I print the latin abbreviations in english flashcards?: Yes. The Latin Abbreviations in English cards are available as a printable double-sided PDF to cut up, as well as playable in the browser. The whole 29-card printable is free to download, with no account.
How should I use the Latin Abbreviations in English deck to revise?: Start in practice mode and go through the Latin Abbreviations in English deck once without scoring, to find out which cards you already know — the deck is dealt in a different order every time you open it, so you are recalling the card rather than its position. Then switch to quiz mode, which times and scores the run and lets you re-run only the cards you missed. Use the "flip deck" control to swap which side is the question: recognising an answer is much easier than producing one, so a deck you find easy one way round is usually the harder and more useful drill the other way. Two or three short sessions across a week beat one long one, which is the whole reason flashcards work.
What grade level are the latin abbreviations in english flashcards for?: The Latin Abbreviations in English deck is written for grades 7–12. Because the cards are plain term-and-answer pairs, they are also used outside that band — by adults revising english & reading, and by teachers running them as a whole-class starter on a projector.

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