Ad kalendas graecas
at no time; never: from the fact that the greeks did not reckon dates by calends.
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- 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 […]
- Ad majorem dei gloriam
for the greater glory of g-d: motto of the jesuits. historical examples the society designated their object by loyola’s motto—omnia ad majorem dei gloriam. mysticism and its results john delafield even among the jesuits, with their corrupted theology, the motto emblazoned on their standard was, ad majorem dei gloriam. beacon lights of history, volume vii […]