Not actual any more Ad alta - To the summit Ad astra per aspera - To the stars through difficulty Ad astra - To the stars Ad augusta per angusta - To high places by narrow roads Ad captandum vulgus - To appeal to the crowd - often used of politicians who make false or insincere promises appealing to popular interest Ad clerum - To the clergy Ad eundem gradum - To the same level Ad eundem - Of admission to the same degree at a different university Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit - To boldly go where no man has gone before Ad fontes - To the sources (motto of Renaissance Humanism) Ad fundum - To the bottom / To the end (said during a generic toast, like bottoms up!) Ad hoc - For a particular purpose. (may this not be an omen) Absum! - I'm outta here! Abusus non tollit usum - Wrong use does not preclude proper use Abutebaris modo subjunctivo denuo - You've been misusing the subjunctive again Abyssus abyssum invocat - Hell calls hell one mistep leads to another Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam - It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice Acta est fabula, plaudite! - The play is over, applaud! (Said to have been emperor Augustus' last words) Acta non verba - Action not words Acta sanctorum - Deeds of the saints Actus reus - Wrongful act - as opposed to mens rea - the wrongful intention or guilty mind Ad absurdum - To the point of absurdity Ad acta - To archives. (Rome) Ab/Ex uno disce omnes - From one person, learn all people Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit - He has left, absconded, escaped and disappeared Absente reo - In absence of the defendant Absit invidia - No offence intended Absit omen - May the omen be absent. (from the heart) (Julius Caesar) Ab incunabulis - From the cradle Ab initio - From the beginning Ab intestato - Having made no will Ab origine - From the origin Ab ovo usque ad mala - From the egg right to the apples (From start to finish) ( Horace) Ab ovo - From the egg Ab urbe condita - From the foundation of the city. Inductive reasoning based on observation, as opposed to deductive, or a priori A priori - From what comes before A verbis ad verbera - From words to blows Ab absurdo - From the absurd (establishing the validity of your argument by pointing out the absurdity of your opponent's position) Ab aeterno - From the beginning of time Ab asino lanam - Wool from an ass, blood from a stone impossible Ab hinc - From here on Ab imo pectore - From the bottom of the chest. Vocal music only A contrario - From a contrary position A cruce salus - From the cross comes salvation A Deo et Rege - From God and the King A fortiori - With yet stronger reason A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi - A precipice in front, wolves behind (between a rock and a hard place) A mari usque ad mare - From sea to sea (Motto of Canada) A mensa et thoro - From board and bed (legal separation) A pedibus usque ad caput - From feet to head A posse ad esse - From possibility to actuality A posteriori - From what comes after. A A bene placito - At one's pleasure A capite ad calcem - From head to heel A cappella - In church - i.e.

Ab aeterno ad infinitum