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What does the Latin abbreviation "A. O. R." stand for?

Lately I have come across what appears to be a Latin abbreviation, "A. O. R.," on several title pages of books from the eighteenth century. The abbreviation may have to do with the date, perhaps? Here's an image of what I'm talking about. If you…
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Is qsd an abbreviation for a Latin phrase?

This is a bit cheeky, but I'm trying to find out the meaning of what may be an 18th century abbreviation of a Latin phrase (for an answer to a question in EL&U.SE). Since I have no Latin, I've been fumbling around a bit. The abbreviation is qsd…
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What is the meaning of the abbreviations “h.e.” and “h.l.”?

In Novum Lexicon Graeco-Latinum in Novum Testamentum, Johann Friedrich Schleusner wrote the following entry on the Greek word νεόφυτος.1 In his entry, he uses two abbreviations, “h.e.” and “h.l.” What are the meaning of those two abbreviations?…
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Medieval abbreviation for gens [actually, igitur]

I came across an abbreviation in a text that I'd like to typeset as diplomatically as possible, but I've come across an abbreviation for gens that I'm not entirely sure how it's being abbreviated (regrettably, the quality of the scan isn't very good…
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Latin abbreviation "plagg."

used, e.g., here and here does it mean "pages"? how come? checked all the entries beginning with "plag" on Logeion and the only one that could possibly fit is plaga what's a good resource for expanding Latin abbreviations. I'm only aware of…
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what does the abbreviation "h. l." (or "h. 1.") stand for?

In one of the footnotes in Popma's book, we read: Vocabulum hocce in genere neutro h. l. esse positum, testatur Erythraeus in Ind. Virgil. fol. 41. fac. 2. col b. I could not find Erythraeu's book itself to see if "h. l" occurs there also, or this…
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What does "in eod." stand for?

I'm looking at the footnotes in John Jewel's ''Defence of the Apology of the Church of England'' and I see this abbreviation repeated in many citations: Marcellin. Condemn. in eod. Tom. I. p. 192, 4, 6, 7; where unus autem de episcopis nomine…
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Is S. S. an abbreviation of scilicet?

I'm translating the following Latin dedication: "S. S. Theologiae Lectori Primario ad Regium Gymnasium" "S. S." might be an abbreviation for scilicet (namely, to wit, in particular). Is this correct? Would the following be correct: "Namely, Most…
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I with superscript ma

There is a footnote (45-35) in (Milman's 1845) Gibbon that looks like this: See Brenkman, Dissert. Ima de Republicâ Amalphitanâ, pp.1-42, ad calcem Hist. Pandect. Florent. I have not been able to decipher the Ima. I've found a couple of books that…
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A short form for «as (it-) is»?

May there be an acronym, an abbreviation for the term «as is», «as it is»? The context the term used: to leave as it is, remain unchanged. P.S.: Found a word stet, which translates to let it stand.
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What does "Mus. Reg. Gall." stand for?

Gibbon, at the end of a note detailing the imprinting on a medal, has "(Mus. Reg. Gall.)". I have found other references outside Gibbon, and have gotten (maybe) as far as "Mus. Regis Galliar.", found here, but no further. What do the "Mus." and…
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What is "Vet." or "Veter." an abbreviation for in these references?

Gibbon references "Panegyric Vet." or "Panegyric Veter." a few times in DandF's notes, e.g. the orator Eumenius (Panegyric Veter. viii 6, or Panegyr. Vet. v 18. The Panegyric is referring to the Panegyrici Latini, but I can't figure out what the…
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Meaning of "M.H.P." on a grave marker?

In translating the Latin-text gravestone of an early 18th century Capuchin, I encounter "M.H.P." at the end of the epitaph, followed by "A.M.D.G." --for "Ad maiorem Dei gloriam". I suspect the M.H.P. may abbreviate a phrase honoring Mary, mother of…
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