LATIN BLOG 6: Ipso Facto; e.g. and i.e.; In Loco Parentis

LATIN BLOG 6: Understanding Latin Phrases Used in Everyday Language

Andrew Yiannakis,  Ph.D.
Research Professor

University of New Mexico

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In this series of blogs I shall be covering over thirty Latin phrases that are used in everyday language.

LATIN BLOG 6 includes the terms:

i. Ipso facto
ii. e.g. and i.e.
iii. In loco parentis

1.  IPSO FACTO (adverb)

Because of that very fact,  or act: because of the fact that has just been mentioned; by the fact itself.

Example:
The enemy of my enemy may be,  ipso facto,  my friend.

2.  e.g. and i.e.

e.g. =Abbreviation meaning “for example”.

Example: Products imported from many countries, e.g., France, Germany and England,  may be subject to additional taxes.

Origin: Latin “exempli gratia”.

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i.e. =Abbreviation meaning “that is”.

Example:  Allegations of a rigged election,  i.e., voter fraud,  have been greatly exaggerated.

Origin:  Latin “id est”.

iii.  IN LOCO PARENTIS (adverb)

In the place or role of a parent.

Example: School officials are often expected to act “in loco parentis”.

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Author: andrewyiannakis

Andrew Yiannakis, Ph.D., is currently a Research Professor at the University of New Mexico (USA). He is also Professor Emeritus from the University of Connecticut where he taught the Sociology of Leisure, Tourism & Sport, as well as Research Methods and Computer Applications. He also holds the rank of 8th Dan in Traditional Jujutsu and a 6th Dan in Traditional Kodokan Judo. He is the Director of the Institute of Traditional Martial Arts at the University of New Mexico. He is also the Chair of the Traditional Jujutsu Committee of the USJJF. As an amateur historian, he has led several expeditions to Greece to conduct research at Thermopylae, and locate the path the Persians used in 480 BC to encircle, and defeat King Leonidas and the Greek allies. Prof. Yiannakis has published extensively in a number of areas.

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