See also:

• ABBREVIATION (Lat. brevis, short)

ABBREVIATION (See also:

• LAT

Lat. brevis, See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short)  , strictly a shortening; more particularly, an " See also:

• ABBREVIATION (Lat. brevis, short)

abbreviation " is a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter or See also:

• GROUP

group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the See also:

• SAKE

sake of brevity . Abbreviations, both of single words and of phrases, having a meaning more or less fixed and recognized, are See also:

• COMMON

common in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient writings and See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions (see See also:

• PALAEOGRAPHY (Gr. aaXalbs, ancient, and ypal6ew, to write)

PALAEOGRAPHY and See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

DIPLoMATIc), and very many are in use at the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . A distinction is to be observed between abbreviations and the contractions that are frequently to be met with in old See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts, and even in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early printed books, whereby letters are dropped out here and there, or particular collocations of letters represented by somewhat arbitrary symbols . The commonest See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of abbreviation is the substitution for a word of its initial letter; but, with a view to prevent See also:

• AMBIGUITY (Fr. ambiguite, med. Lat. ambiguitas, from Lat. ambiguus, doubtful; ambi, both ways, agere, to drive)

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 See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list contains a selection from the abbreviations that occur in the writings and inscriptions of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans: A . A . Absolvo, Aedilis, Aes, Ager, Ago, Aio, Amicus, Annus, Antiquo, Auctor, Auditor, See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, Aulus, Aurum, See also:

• AUT

Aut . A.A . Aes alienum, Ante audita, Apud agrum, Aurum argentum . AA .

See also:

• AUGUSTI, JOHANN CHRISTIAN WILHELM (1772-1841)

Augusti . See also:

• AAA

AAA . Augusti tres . A.A.A.F.F . Auro argento See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

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 .