Ab extra (ex´trā).—From without.
Ab initio (in-ish´i-ō).—From the beginning.
Ab origine (or-ī´jin-e).—From the commencement.
Ab ovo (ō´vō).—From the egg—i. e., the beginning. The egg in many ancient mythologies was the supposed origin of life.
Ab ovo usque ad mala (us´kwe ad mā´la).—From the egg to the apples—i. e., from the beginning to the end (the Roman custom being to begin dinner with eggs and end with fruit).
Ab uno disce omnes (ū´nō dis´se om´nēs).—From a single instance infer the whole.
Ab urbe condita—A. U. C. (ur´be kon´di-tā).—From the (year of) building the city (Rome), 753 B. C.
A capite ad calcem (ā kap´i-te ad kal´sem).—From head to heel.
Accipe hoc (ak´sip-e hock).—Accept this.
Ac etiam (ak esh´i-am).—And also.