Steven Baer

A bene placito - At one's pleasure A capite ad calcem - From head to heel A cappella - In church [style] - i.e. 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. 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. (from the heart) (Julius Caesar) Ab incunabulis - From the cradle Ab initio - From the beginning Ab intestato - Having made no will