a dato (L.), from date.
ad Calendas Græcas (L.), at the Greek Calends—i.e. never, as the Greeks had no Calends.
ad captandum vulgus (L.), to catch the rabble.
ad clerum (L.), to the clergy.
ad crumenam (L.), to the purse.
adelantado (Sp.), a grandee of high rank, the governor of a province.
à demi (Fr.), by halves, half.
a Deo et rege (L.), from God and the king.
à dessein (Fr.), on purpose.
ad eundem [gradum] (L.), to the same [degree]—of the admission of a graduate of one university to the same degree at another without examination.