Frank Cole Babbitt
List of abbreviations
| ace. = accusative. | i.e. = that is. | pass. = passive. |
| act. = active, actively. | impf. = imperfect. | pers. = person. |
| adj. = adjective. | impv. = imperative. | perf., pf. = perfect. |
| advb. = adverb. | indic. = indicative. | plur., pl. = plural. |
| aor. = aorist. | infin. = infinitive. | plupf. = pluperfect. |
| cf. = compare. | κτλ. = καὶ τὰ λοιπά (and the rest). | pres. = present. |
| D = dual. | lit. = literal, literally. | q.v. = which see. |
| dat. = dative. | masc. = masculine. | sc. = scilicet. |
| decl. = declension. | mid. = middle. | S., sing. = singular. |
| e.g. = for example. | Mss. = manuscripts. | subj. = subjunctive. |
| encl. = enclitic. | neut. = neuter. | viz. = namely. |
| etc. = and so forth. | nom. = nominative. | voc. = vocative. |
| f., ff. = following. | opt. = optative. | §, §§ = section, sections. |
| fern. = feminine. | P. = plural. | |
| fut. = future. | partic. = participle. | |
| gen. = genitive. |
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN CITING EXAMPLES FROM GREEK AUTHORS
| Aesch. = Aeschylus. | E. = Euripides. | Menex. = Menexenus. |
| Ag. = Agamemnon. | Alc. = Alcestis. | Phaed. = Phaedo. |
| Pr. Prometheus. | And. = Andromache. | Phaedr. = Phaedrus. |
| Aeschin. = Aeschines. | El. = Electra. | Hep. = Republic. |
| Ar. = Aristophanes. | Hec. = Hecuba. | S. = Sophocles. |
| Ach. = Acharnenses. | Hel. = Helena. | Aj. = Ajax. |
| Eq. = Equites. | H. F.=Hercules Furens. | Ant. = Antigone. |
| Nub. = Nubes. | Hipp. = Hippolytus. | El. = Electra. |
| Ran. = Ranae. | I. T. = Iphigenia Taurica. | O.T. = Oedipus Tyrannus. |
| V. = Vespae. | Med. = Medea. | Th. = Thucydides. |
| Hm. = Homer; A, B, Г, etc. are | Supp. = Supplices. | Xn. = Xenophon. |
| used in referring to the books | Tro. = Troades. | A. = Anabasis. |
| of the Iliad, and α, β, γ, etc. in | Isoc. = Isocrates. | Ages. = Agesilaus. |
| referring to the books of the | Lys. = Lysias. | Cy. = Cyropaedia. |
| Odyssey. | PI. = Plato. | Hell. = Hellenica. |
| Ap. = Apology. | Hier. = Hiero. | |
| Hdt. = Herodotus. | Crit. = Crito. | Mem. = Memorabilia. |
| Hes. = Hesiod. | Go. = Gorgias. | Oec. = Oeconomicus. |
| O. D. = Opera et Dies. | Leg. = Leges. | Symp. = Symposium. |