Authors and works
The Index librorum scriptorum inscriptionum ex quibus exempla afferuntur (second edition 1990) supplies the key to the abbreviations used in the Thesaurus for Latin authors and works. Every printed edition of the TLL contains this Index librorum.
Apart from the abbreviations it gives, inter alia, datings of authors and their works, the standard editions and, where necessary, the Greek originals.
A supplement to the Index is maintained and continuously updated. It can be found under the Addenda Indici. Only newly added Texts and changes of citation are presented.
Other abbreviations
The headword is represented by the shortest possible unambiguous abbreviation of its ending, e.g. radix: sing. -x, -is, -i, -em, -e, plur. -es, -um, -bus (cf. this overview).
A small selection of the most commonly used abbreviations in headings and explanations (further abbreviations can be downloaded as PDF as well as the abbreviations for Indoeuropean and Romance languages):
a. | anno (sc. post Christum) |
a. 10 a. Chr. | anno 10 ante Christum |
abl. | ablativus |
absol. | absolutus, absolute |
acc. | accusativus |
⤷ acc. c. inf. | accusativus cum infinitivo |
act. | activus, active |
ad locum | |
add. | addas, addendum, addidit … |
addit. | additamentum |
adi. | adiectivum |
adnot. | adnotatio |
adv. | adverbium |
aet. | aetate, aetatis |
al. | alia, alibi |
alt. | |
anglosax. | anglosaxonice |
apparatus criticus | |
apud ICTos | apud iurisconsultos |
attrib. | attributive |
c. | cum |
cett. | ceteri |
cf. | confer, conferatur … |
christ. | christianus |
cit. | |
cod. | codex |
codd. | codices |
codices deteriores | |
codices recentiores | |
codices vetusti (vetustiores) | |
coll. | collato, collatis… |
comm. | |
compar. | comparativus |
compos. | composita |
coni. | coniecit, coniectura, coniunctivus |
consec. | consecutivus |
corr. | correxit, correctus |
crit. | |
dat. | dativus |
dativus commodi | |
decl. | declinatio |
def. | defendit |
del. | delevit, delendum |
demin. | deminutivum |
demonstr. | demonstrativus |
depon. | deponens |
deriv. | derivata |
det. | |
disting. | distinguendum, distinguitur |
dub. | dubium, dubius, dubie |
dupl. | duplex |
e.g. | exempli gratia |
ed. | editio, editor |
‒ ed. comm. pont. | editio (sc. Vulgatae) commissionis pontificiae |
‒ edd. vet. | editiones veteres |
editio princeps | |
em. | emendavit |
enunt. | enuntiatum |
enuntiatum secundarium | |
epexeget. | epexegeticus |
epith. | epitheton |
eqs. | et quae sequuntur |
etym. | etymologia, etymologicus |
explic. | explicativus, explicatio |
f., fem. | femininus |
fig. | figura |
fin. | finalis |
fort. | fortasse |
frg. | fragmentum |
fut. | futurum |
gen. | genetivus |
genetivus inhaerentiae | |
gerund. | gerundium, gerundivum |
gr. | graece, graecus |
gramm. | grammaticus |
hebr. | hebraice, hebraicus |
i. | id est |
i. q. | idem quod |
ibid. | ibidem |
imag., in imag. | in imagine |
imp. | imperator |
imperat. | imperativus |
imperf. | imperfectum |
impers. | impersonalis, impersonaliter |
in exemplari nostro | sc. bibliothecae Thesauri |
in schedis nostris | sc. archivi Thesauri |
inc. | |
indef. | indefinitus |
inf. | infinitivus |
inhaer. | |
inscr. | inscriptio |
interpol. | interpolatus, interpolatio |
interrog. | interrogativus, interrogatio |
iuxta pos. | iuxta positus |
l. | linea |
lat. | latine, latinus |
litt. | litteris |
loc. dub. | locus dubius |
loco citato | |
loq. | loquitur |
m., masc. | masculinus |
manus altera | |
marg., in marg. | in margine |
mediopass. | mediopassive |
meton. | metonymice |
milit. | militaris |
n., neutr. | neutrum |
nom. | nominativus |
nomen proprium | |
obi. | obiectum, obiectivus |
om. | omittit(ur), omisit |
Onom. | Onomasticon |
opp. | opponitur, oppositum |
or. obliqua | oratio obliqua |
or. recta | oratio recta |
orig., de orig. | de origine |
originis incertae | |
p. | pagina |
p.p.p. | participium perfecti passivi |
pap. | papyrus |
part. | participium |
pass. | passivus |
perf. | perfectum |
pers. | persona, personalis |
philos. | philosophia, philosophicus |
pl., plur. | pluralis |
poss. | possessivus |
praedic. | praedicativus |
praepar. | praeparativus |
praepos. | praepositio |
praes. | praesens |
princ. | |
pron. | pronomen |
propr. | |
prosopop. | prosopopoeia |
q. d. | qui (quae, quod) dicitur |
q. e. | qui (quae, quod) est |
q. s. | qui (quae) sunt |
q. v. | quod vide |
qual. | qualitatis |
ras., in ras. | in rasura |
rec. | recensio |
recipr. | reciprocus, reciproce |
refl. | reflexivus, reflexive |
relat. | relativus |
resp. | respondet |
respic. | respicitur |
rhet. | rhetoricus |
s.v. | sub verbo, sub voce |
saec. | saeculum |
‒ saec. I ex. | saeculo prima exeunte (sc. post Christum) |
‒ saec. III in. | saeculo tertio ineunte (sc. post Christum) |
‒ saec. I a.Chr. | saeculo primo ante Christum |
sc. | scilicet |
scrib. | scribitur |
script. sacr. | scriptura(e) sacra(e) |
sec. | secundum |
secund. | |
separ. | separativus |
seq. | sequitur |
sg., sing. | singularis |
sim. | similiter, similia |
sq. | sequens |
sqq. | sequentes |
struct. | structura |
subi. | subiectum, subiectivus |
subst. | substantivum |
superl. | superlativus |
suppl. | supplevit, supplendus |
syn. | synonymum, synonymus |
t. t., term. techn. | terminus technicus |
techn. | technicus, technice |
text. | textus |
tit. | titulus |
trad. | traditum, traditur |
v. | vide, videatur |
varia lectio | |
‒ var. ll. | variae lectiones |
vers. | versio, versus |
‒ aliae vers. | aliae versiones |
vet. | |
vid. | videtur |
voc. | vocativus |
vol. | volumen |
Commentaries on the texts quoted and a number of standard works are usually cited by author's name alone, e.g. nascor vol. IX 1, 108, 27 zu STAT. silv. 5, 1, 6 v. Gibson, comm. 2006, ad l. In the same article Hofmann-Szantyr (IX 1, 98, 37) means J. B. Hofmann's Lateinische Syntax und Stilistik as revised by A. Szantyr, München, 1965 (corrected edition 1972).
Other standard works may have a brief title added. In general, titles of secondary literature are given in the shortest readily comprehensible form, usually with year of publication to facilitate reference to L'Annee Philologique. For example in the article nascor (vol. IX 1, 83, 25 f.) Leumann, Gramm. 1977 stands for the sixth edition of M. Leumann's Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, München, 1977.
A list of abbreviations of journals is available as PDF.