| Abbreviation | Latin term | English meaning |
| c., ca.. | circa | "approximately" (with dates) |
| Example: Geoffrey Chaucer was born c. 1340. |
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| ibid. | ibidem | "in the same place," "cited just before" (used in notes) |
Example:
1 See John Balzer, The Way of Things,
pp. 20-30.
2 ibid. |
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| op. cit. | opere citato | "in the work cited" |
| Example: Smith argues (op. cit.) that no strategy
is foolproof. |
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| q.v. | quae vide | "which see" |
| Example: "You will lose it in your gym class if
you wait 'til noon to eat," q.v. in the Newsboys' song "Breakfast." |
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| sic | sic | "so, thus" (used to note an error in the original source) |
| Example: According to Thomas, the river in 1885
"ran clen [sic] and clear." |
|
| viz. | videlicet | "that is," "namely" |
| Example: The professors insisted on some indication
of effort from their charges, viz., the completion of all assigned
homework. |
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| v.s. | vide supra | "see above" |
| Example: There seem to be only two ways to factor
that complex an equation (v.s. Werner, Complex Equations). |
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