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Ex-ante is used most commonly in the commercial world, where results of a particular action, or series of actions, are forecast (or intended). The opposite of ex-ante is ex-post (actual) (or ex post). Buying a lottery ticket loses you money ex ante (in expectation), but if you win, it was the right decision ex post. [2]
The traditional English pronunciation of Latin, and Classical Greek words borrowed through Latin, is the way the Latin language was traditionally pronounced by speakers of English until the early 20th century. Although this pronunciation is no longer taught in Latin classes, it is still broadly used in the fields of biology, law, and medicine. [1]
ante bellum: before the war: As in status quo ante bellum ("as it was before the war"); commonly used as antebellum to refer to the period preceding the American Civil War, primarily in reference to the Southern United States at that time. ante cibum (a.c.) before food: Medical shorthand for "before meals" ante faciem Domini: before the face of ...
vaticinium ex eventu: prophecy from the event: A purported prediction stated as if it was made before the event it describes, while in fact being made thereafter. vel non: or not: Summary of alternatives, e. g., "this action turns upon whether the claimant was the deceased's grandson vel non." velle est posse: to be willing is to be able
quid novi ex Africa: What of the new out of Africa? less literally, "What's new from Africa?"; derived from an Aristotle quotation quid nunc: What now? Commonly shortened to quidnunc. As a noun, a quidnunc is a busybody or a gossip. Patrick Campbell worked for The Irish Times under the pseudonym "Quidnunc". quid pro quo: what for what
status quo ante: the state in which [things were] before: The state of affairs prior to some upsetting event. Often used as a legal term. status quo ante bellum: the state before the war: A common term in peace treaties. stet: let it stand: Marginal mark in proofreading to indicate that something previously deleted or marked for deletion should ...
ex concessis: from what has been conceded already Also known as "argument from commitment", a type of valid ad hominem argument. ex delicto: from a transgression The consequence of a crime or tort. ex demissione: from a transgression part of the title of the old action of ejectment Jones v. Doe ex dem. Smith: Ex dolo malo non oritur actio
ante-describing something as positioned in front of another thing Latin āntē, before, in front of antepartum: anthropo-human Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos), human anthropology: anti-describing something as 'against' or 'opposed to' another Greek ἀντί (antí), against antibody, antipsychotic: apo-away, separated from, derived from