Latin Blog #9: Understanding Latin Phrases Used in Everyday Language

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 LATIN BLOG #9 includes the terms “ad valorem”, “ad infinitum” and “ad lib”:

  1. Ad Valorem (adverb)

A term that refers to the proportion of the estimated value of the goods taxed.  For example,  “the goods were taxed ad valorem”, meaning that the goods were taxed in proportion to their estimated tax value.

  1. Ad Infinitum (adverb or adjective)

Without an end or limit. For ever.  For example,  “he spoke at infinitum about the virtues of his son”, or “she talked on and on ad infinitum”!

  1. Ad Lib

Noun:  Something improvised in speech, music, etc. For example,  “John, was that talk an ad lib or did you use a prepared script”?

Verb:  To ad lib.  To improvise all or part of a speech, a piece of music, etc. To act or speak without preparation.  For example,  “to ad-lib one’s lines”.

Andrew Yiannakis, Ph.D., Research Professor, University of New Mexico

 

 

 

 

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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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