| From: | <morphemeaddict@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 2, 2008, 21:01 |
In a message dated 5/2/2008 14:35:06 PM Central Daylight Time, philip.newton@GMAIL.COM writes:> > I assume "scil." means "for example", but what does it stand for? > > Presumably "scilicet" ( > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=scilicet ) which is more > "that is" or "namely" than "for example". (And which I usually see > abbreviated as "sc.") > >This is a new one for me. I've only seen "viz." (videlicet) for this meaning. stevo </HTML>