Ad kalendas graecas
at no time; never: from the fact that the Greeks did not reckon dates by calends.
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- Ad lib
something improvised in speech, music, etc.: Was that joke part of your speech or an ad lib? at one’s pleasure; without restriction. freely; as needed; without stint: Water can be given to the patients ad lib. to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.): to ad-lib one’s lines. to act, […]
- Ad libitum
at one’s pleasure. Music. not obligatory or indispensable. Abbreviation: ad lib. Historical Examples Problematical judgements are those in which the affirmation or negation is accepted as merely possible (ad libitum). The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant I dwell in my sky-parlor and become Jupiter the while, ad libitum. The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton […]
- Ad litteram
to the letter; exactly.
- Ad litem
for the particular action or proceeding: a guardian ad litem. adjective (formerly, esp of a guardian) appointed for a lawsuit adjective for the purposes of a lawsuit or legal action only, esp. referring to a temporary guardian Examples Guardian ad litem is the term for a person appointed to protect the legal interests of someone […]
- Ad loc.
at or to the place. Historical Examples Lines 44-49 are said by Servius, ad loc., to be quoted from Gallus (‘de ipsius translati carminibus’). The Student’s Companion to Latin Authors George Middleton Even Bhr, ad loc., admits that the narrative is of later date, and has received a traditional colouring. The Expositor’s Bible: The First […]