Abbreviations

In a previous post comment, Alex A. Hanna suggested another good resource would be a list of common abbreviations found in papers, research, books, and scholarly papers. The list below gives first an abbreviation, then its Latin language background, and what it means. If someone thinks of others to add to the list, let me know.

Abbreviations often used in writing and footnotes:

• ca. (circa, around)
• Cap. (capitulus, chapter)
• cf. (confer, compare)
• d.v. (Deo volente, God willing)
• e.g. (exempli gratia, for example)
• et al. (et alii, and others)
• et seq. (et sequens, and the words, pages, etc. that follow)
• etc. or &c. (et cetera, and the other)
• f. (sing. folio, and following )
• ff. (pl. foliis, and following)
• i.a. (inter alia, among other things)
• i.e. (id est, that is or in other words)
• ibid. (ibidem, in the same place)
• loc. cit. (loco citato, in the place cited)
• op. cit. (opere citato, in the work cited)
• q.v. (quod vide, which see)
• re (in re, in the matter of or concerning)
• s.v. (sub verbo, under the word or heading)
• sic (sic, thus)
• v. or vs. (versus, against)
• viz. (videlicet, namely)
• v.i. (vide infra, see below)
• v.s. (vide supra, see above)

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Note: Two on the list technically are not abbreviations, but are used to “abbreviate” one’s writing.