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  2. List of Latin phrases (A) - Wikipedia

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    from the opposite: i.e., "on the contrary" or "au contraire". Thus, an argumentum a contrario ("argument from the contrary") is an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite. a Deucalione: from or since Deucalion: A long time ago; from Gaius Lucilius, Satires VI, 284 a falsis principiis proficisci: to set forth from false principles ...

  3. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    from the opposite: i.e., "on the contrary" or "au contraire". Thus, an argumentum a contrario ("argument from the contrary") is an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite. a Deucalione: from or since Deucalion: A long time ago; from Gaius Lucilius, Satires VI, 284 a falsis principiis proficisci: to set forth from false principles ...

  4. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...

  5. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    Conducted in private, or in secret. The opposite of in open court. in curia: in court Conducted in open court. The opposite of in camera. in esse: in existence Actually existing in reality. Opposite of in posse. in extenso: in the extended In extended form, or at full length.

  6. Reductio ad absurdum - Wikipedia

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    Reductio ad absurdum, painting by John Pettie exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1884. In logic, reductio ad absurdum (Latin for "reduction to absurdity"), also known as argumentum ad absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity") or apagogical argument, is the form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction.

  7. Adposition - Wikipedia

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    Adpositions are a class of words used to express spatial or temporal relations (in, under, towards, behind, ago, etc.) or mark various semantic roles (of, for). [1] The most common adpositions are prepositions (which precede their complement) and postpositions (which follow their complement).

  8. List of Latin phrases (M) - Wikipedia

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    This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1] This list covers the letter M.

  9. List of Latin phrases (E) - Wikipedia

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    opposite of "in situ" ex solo ad solem: from the Earth to the Sun: The motto of the University of Central Lancashire, Preston ex supra (e.s.) "from above" Recent academic notation for "from above in this writing". See also ex infra. ex tempore: from [this moment of] time "This instant", "right away" or "immediately". Also written extempore