ethan@utastro.UUCP (05/10/84)
[][][][][][][][][][][ Just as "i.e." stands for "id est"= that is e.g. stands for "exemplia gratia"(not sure about spelling)= a pleasing example From a frustrated latin scholar Ethan Vishniac {kpno,ut-sally,ut-ngp}!utastro!ethan
ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey) (05/11/84)
. > Just as "i.e." stands for "id est"= that is > e.g. stands for "exemplia gratia"(not sure about spelling)= a pleasing example Pleasing? I do not think so. Yes, [gratus] denotes pleasing, as in "gratitude", but I think that that [gratia] denotes free, as in "gratis". e.g. = [ exempli gratia ] . -- Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo. (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP) ... {allegra, decvax} !watmath!ljdickey
ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey) (05/11/84)
. Sorry for the previous posting. I did a followup and did not notice that the previous poster had included the wrong group. -- Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo. (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP) ... {allegra, decvax} !watmath!ljdickey