Latin

Group #1

The underlined

phrases are the

definitions.

Please record

the terms and

definitions in

your notebook.

ANTE BELLUMBefore the war.

The photo above is an example

of ante bellum architecture. This

mansion survived the Civil War. It

was built before the war.

AD HOCCreated for a

special

occasion…a

committee to

solve a problem

or plan an event.

The art of

poetry.

Love of

writing

and

reading

poetry.

ARS

POETICA

ALMA

MATER

The school from which

one graduates.

ANTE MERIDIEM

Before noon

a.m. is

always

lower

case

AD HOMINEM

• An attack

directed

against a

person rather

than his/her

argument.

• Literal

translation:

• To the man

AD ABSURDUM

Carried out

to an absurd

level

AD NAUSEAM

We hear Call Me Maybe

ad nauseam on the radio!

To a sickening extreme.

A PRIORI

*The term used in philosophy to

indicate deductive reasoning.

*Meaning “from what comes

before”.

A deduction

based on prior

knowledge.

http://dictionary.reference.

com/browse/a+prioriHow to

pronounce