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Abbreviations are becoming a regular feature.
Suspensions | ||
This stands for ur as in nature (line 3) 'of nature'. | ||
This (a small superscript a) stands for ra as in extra (line 4). | ||
This stands for bus as in montibus (line 11) '[in the] mountains'. |
Contractions | ||
This horizontal line shows that an n or m has been missed out, as in enim (line 30). | . | |
Sometimes it is a more curved shape, as in linces 'lynxes' (line 4). | . | |
p with a stroke through the descender stands for per, as in hiperboreis (lines 9-10). | ||
p with a curved stroke through the descender stands for pro, as in probatur (line 1). | ||
The 7-like figure with the stroke through its upright is the shorthand version of et, 'and' (see line 1). | ||
Some common words have their own abbreviations: among these is n for non, 'not' (line 19). The full version of the word appears in line 4. | ||
qd with a stroke through the tail of the d stands for quod, 'what' and 'because'. | ||
e with a horizontal line above it stands for est, 'is'. | ||
ips with a horizontal line over the p and an appropriate grammatical ending stands for ipse, 'the same one'. This reads ipsas, plural. |
© MEG TWYCROSS 1998