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science and mathematical usage
- quod erat (from Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (Q))
  - intentum
  - demonstrandum
  - probandum
  - ostendendum
  - faciendum
  - determinandum
  - propositum
- modus ponens
- modus tollens
- quod erat demonstrandum (Q.E.D.) = that which was to be demonstrated
- Genus�differentia or per genus et differentiam
  - through genus and a difference
- in vivo, un utero, in vitro, in silico
- ex vivo
- silicium
- ex ante / ex post
- nanos gigantium humeris insidentes = Standing on the shoulders of giants
affixes
- quasi almost, as it were
literature
- Cf.
  - note it seemed to be used wrongly in this wiki (shared by trunkie from Blinkenshell)
    - cf http://fabien.benetou.fr/?action=search&q=cf
- Viz. videre licet "it is permitted to see."
- e.g. exempli gratia
- et al. et alii
- i.e. id est
  - http://theoatmeal.com/comics/ie
- ibid. ibidem
- sina qua non
philosophy
- Sophisms
  - ad hominem
  - ex cathedra, from the chair (also known as papal infallibility)
- adequatio rei et intellectus
social and political
- Sui generis = of its own kind/genus
- cum laude = With praise; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work above average.
- proxy = Contraction of Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin procuratio.
medical
- vacuus = empty, vacant, unoccupied
- cortex = bark, rind; bark of a tree; bark; cork; skin
- placebo = I will please
- homo sapien and other organisms names with their etymological roots
famous quotes
- mens sana in corpore sano
- dosis sola facit venenum, Paracelsus (1493 - 1541)
- panem et circenses
- per aspera sic itur ad astra
- Pigmaei gigantum humeris impositi plusquam ipsi gigantes vident
una tantum
Pars pro toto = (taking) a part for the whole
Grosso modo = In a rough way, roughly, circa or approximately
complexus = past participle of complecti to entwine, encircle, compass, infold
- com- = together
- plectere = to weave, braid

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Wikipedia:Vicipaedia Latina est encyclopaedia generis wiki vocati et editio Wikipediae Latine scripta, itaque pars Wikimediae Societatis.
Wikipedia:De Arte Combinatoria
- Dissertatio de arte combinatoria , in qua, ex arithmeticae fundamentis, complicationum ac transpositionum doctrina novis praeceptis exstruitur et usus ambarum per universum scientiarum orbem ostenditur, Gottfredo Guilielmo Leibn�zio 1666

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