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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread videlicet #187978 11/25/09 01:33 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 E EHPK OP stranger OP EHPK stranger E Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 So what is the difference between videlicet and id est? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: videlicet EHPK #187979 11/25/09 02:25 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh So what is the difference between videlicet and id est? Four letters, but seriously, they are pretty much synonymous, though in Latin id est (i.e.) means literally 'it is' while videlicet (viz.) means 'it is permitted to see'. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: videlicet zmjezhd #188001 11/26/09 12:31 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 adverb: That is; namely; to wit. (used to introduce examples or details). Sounds kind of like it's bridging the gap between i.e. and e.g. Last edited by Faldage; 11/27/09 12:15 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: videlicet Faldage #188003 11/26/09 05:06 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague I can't help reading videlict when I see it. I'd better never try to use it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 846 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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