Typographical "Mysteries"
viz.
adverb chiefly British
namely; in other words (used to introduce a gloss or explanation):the first music-reproducing media, viz. the music box and the player piano
Origin:abbreviation of videlicet, z being a medieval Latin symbol for -et.
op. cit.
(adverb)
/ˌɒpˈsɪt//ˌɑːp-/ formal abbreviation
used by writers to avoid repeating the details of a book or article that has already been referred to
Johnson (op. cit., page 53) calls this phenomenon 'the principle of minimal effort'.
cf.
(also cf ) /siːˈef/ formal
used in writing when you want the reader to make a comparison between the subject being discussed and something else
ff
written abbreviation for and the following pages
sc.
that is to say (introducing a word to be supplied or an explanation of an ambiguity):
it [sc. gouache] was also popular in France
sic
(adverb)
/sɪk/
a word written in brackets after a word that you have copied to show that you know it has been spelled or used wrongly
The notice outside the cinema said 'Closed on Wedensday' [sic].
ibid
(adverb)
/ˈɪb.ɪd/ specialized
used in formal writing to refer to a book or article that has already been mentioned
pace
(preposition)
with due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction:narrative history, pace some theorists, is by no means dead
Origin:Latin, literally 'in peace', ablative of pax, as in pace tua 'by your leave'
(Definitions from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
adverb chiefly British
namely; in other words (used to introduce a gloss or explanation):the first music-reproducing media, viz. the music box and the player piano
Origin:abbreviation of videlicet, z being a medieval Latin symbol for -et.
op. cit.
(adverb)
/ˌɒpˈsɪt//ˌɑːp-/ formal abbreviation
used by writers to avoid repeating the details of a book or article that has already been referred to
Johnson (op. cit., page 53) calls this phenomenon 'the principle of minimal effort'.
cf.
(also cf ) /siːˈef/ formal
used in writing when you want the reader to make a comparison between the subject being discussed and something else
ff
written abbreviation for and the following pages
sc.
that is to say (introducing a word to be supplied or an explanation of an ambiguity):
it [sc. gouache] was also popular in France
sic
(adverb)
/sɪk/
a word written in brackets after a word that you have copied to show that you know it has been spelled or used wrongly
The notice outside the cinema said 'Closed on Wedensday' [sic].
ibid
(adverb)
/ˈɪb.ɪd/ specialized
used in formal writing to refer to a book or article that has already been mentioned
pace
(preposition)
with due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction:narrative history, pace some theorists, is by no means dead
Origin:Latin, literally 'in peace', ablative of pax, as in pace tua 'by your leave'
(Definitions from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)