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created: 2023-08-05T20:51
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aliases:
  - Common Latin
  - Latin
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# Common Latin

- C.P.: ceteris paribus, "other things being equal"
- Persona non grata: unwelcome person
- QED: quod erat demonstrandum, "that which was to be demonstrated"
- Sine qua non: absolutely essential (pronuncition: sin-ay!)
- a posterior: knowable on the basis of experience/evidence
- a priori: knowable independent of experience/evidence
- ad hoc: "for this", refers to a solution for a specific problem
- bona fide: in good faith
- c.f.:  confer, "collected together" (compare to cited source)
- caveat emptor: "buyer beware"
- carpe diem: seize the day
- circa: around, approximately
- de facto: in fact, from the fact
- e.g.: exampli gratia, "for example"
- et al: et alii, "and others"
- etc.: et cetera, "and the other things"
- ex post facto: after the fact
- i.e.: id est, "that is"
- ibid: ibidem, "in the same place", repeated citation
- ipso facto, "by the fact itself", as a direct consequence of something else
- in flagrante delicto
- loc. cit.: loco citato, "in the place cited", same work and same page
- mea culpa: my fault
- m.m.: mutatis mutandis, "having changed what needs to be changed"
- n.b.: nota bene, "note well"
- op. cit.: opere citato, "in the work cited", same work, possibly different page
- per se, "in and of itself", not determined by external factors (e.g. not left to a judge's discretion)
- prima facie: "first face", first impression, true until proven otherwise
- pro forma: proper form
- pro bono: done without charge
- proviso: a conditional provision to an agreement.
- sc.: scilicet, "it is permitted to *know*", "as if to say", use to remove ambiguity or supply omission.
- terra icognita: unknown land
- sic: "thus", used to indicate original text actually has a strange printed feature.
- viz.: videlicet, "is is permitted to see", "to wit", "namely", more specific than i.e.
- vox populi: voice of the peopl