a bene placito
from one well pleased
Or "at Will", "at one's pleasure"
a caelo usque ad centrum
from the sky to the center
or "from heaven all the way to the center of the earth" ("For whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to the sky and down to the depths")
a capite ad calcem
from head to heel
Or "from top to bottom", "from head to toe"
a contrario
from the opposite
or "on the contrary"
a Deucalione
From or since Deucalion
or "a long time ago"
a falsis principlis proficisci
to set forth from false principles.
A fortiori
from the stronger
Or "even more so", "with even stronger reason"
A mari usque ad mare
from sea to sea
A pedibus usque ad caput
from feet to head
or "from tip to toe", "from head to toe"
A posse ad esse
from being able to being
or "from possibility to actuality", "from being possible to being actual"
A posteriori
from the latter
A priori
from the former
Ab absurdo
from the absurd
Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequential
an inference from an abuse to use is not valid
or "Rights abused are still rights"
Ab aeterno
From the eternal
Or "from the everlasting", "from eternity", "from time immemorial", "since the beginning of time", "from an infinitely remote time in the past"
Ab antique
from the ancient
or "from ancient times"
Ab epistulis
from the letters
or "having to do with correspondence"
Ab extra
From beyond
or "From without"
ab hinc or abhinc
from her on
ab imo pectore
from the deepest chest
or "from the bottom of my heart", "with deepest affection", "sincerely"
ab inconvenienti
from an inconvenient thing
or "based on unsuitability", "from inconvenience", "from hardship"
ab incunabulis
from the cradle
or "from the beginning", "from infancy"
ab initio
from the beginning
or "at the outset"
ab intestate
from an intestate
or "from someone who dies with no legal will"
ab intra
from within
or "from the inside"
ab invite
unwillingly
ab irato
from an angry man
ab origine
from the source
or "originally"
ab ovo usque ad mala
from the egg to the apples
or "from begging to end"
ab uno disce omnes
from one, learn all
ab urbe condita
from the city having been founded
abusus non tollit usum
misuse does not remove use
ab utili
from untility
abyssus abyssum invocate
deep calleth unto deep (sea calls to sea)
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