LATIN ADVERBS AND PREPOSITIONS
This list contains some Latin adverbs (with some prepositions and
conjunctions hiding away too) that have found their way into English unchanged in form or meaning. Though some of them are extraordinarily obscure, others are regularly
found in academic papers, though often abbreviated (ibidem = ibid.,
videlicet = viz.).
ALTERNATIM - alternately
ANA - in equal
quantities
BIS - twice; in two places
CIRCA - About; around
ERGO - therefore; hence
GRATIS - without charge;
for free
IBIDEM - in the same place
IDEM - the same
word as mentioned before
INFRA - Below; later
in a text
INTERIM - meanwhile
ITEM - likewise; also
JURE - by law
PER - through; according to; by means or agency of
PRIMO - in the first place
PRO - in favour of; for
PROXIMO - of next month
QUA - in the capacity of
QUASI - as if; seemingly; in a manner
SEMPER - always
SIC - thus
SINE - without
SOLUS - alone
STATIM - immediately;
at once
SUPRA - Above; earlier in a text
TEMPORE - in the time of
UBIQUE - everywhere
ULTIMO - of last month
VARIORUM - including the notes of earlier
scholars or editors
VERBATIM - word for word
VERSUS - against; in
contrast to
VICE - in place of; rather than
VIDELICET -
to wit;
namely (shortened as viz.)
VULGO -
commonly; popularly
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