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ABBREVIATION (Lat. brevis, short)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 27 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABBREVIATION (
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Lat. brevis, short)
  , strictly a shortening; more particularly, an " abbreviation " is a letter or
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group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the
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sake of brevity . Abbreviations, both of single words and of phrases, having a meaning more or less fixed and recognized, are
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common in ancient writings and inscriptions (see PALAEOGRAPHY and
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DIPLoMATIc), and very many are in use at the
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present time . A distinction is to be observed between abbreviations and the contractions that are frequently to be met with in old
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manuscripts, and even in early printed books, whereby letters are dropped out here and there, or particular collocations of letters represented by somewhat arbitrary symbols . The commonest form of abbreviation is the substitution for a word of its initial letter; but, with a view to prevent ambiguity, one or more of the other letters are frequently added . Letters are often doubled to indicate a plural or a superlative . I . CLASSICAL ABBREVIATIONS.—The following list contains a selection from the abbreviations that occur in the writings and inscriptions of the Romans: A . A . Absolvo, Aedilis, Aes, Ager, Ago, Aio, Amicus, Annus, Antiquo, Auctor, Auditor, Augustus, Aulus, Aurum,
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Aut . A.A . Aes alienum, Ante audita, Apud agrum, Aurum argentum . AA .

Augusti .
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AAA . Augusti tres . A.A.A.F.F . Auro argento acre flando feriundo.' A.A.V . Alter ambove . A.C . Acta causa, Alius civis . A.D . Ante diem; e.g . A.D.V . Ante diem quintum .

A.D.A . Ad dandos agros .

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