[DCRM-L] FW: 48mo?

[Hillyard, Brian]

As a matter of interest the Oxford Latin Dictionary gives duodequinquagesimus for 48th (citing Cicero), so there is nothing irregular about 48mo though I would agree that with these formats -mo takes on a life of its own, as Jenny puts it.  Definitely 48mo.

Brian

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-----Original Message-----
From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
Sent: 19 September 2012 18:16
To: 'DCRM Revision Group List'
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] 48mo?

I think the ending must reflect how people pronounce it. For example, we say 'octavo', so it's written as 8vo. But we say 'forty-eight' instead of 'quadragesimo octavo', making the written form '48mo'.

-----Original Message-----
From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of jnelson at law.berkeley.edu
Sent: Wednesday, 19 September 2012 12:50
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] 48mo?

16mo (sexto decimo), 18vo (decimo octavo), 24to (vicesimo quarto), 32o (trigesimo secundo), 64to  (sexagesimo quarto)

these would be the correct forms if you are actually following the Latin.

It seems, though, that "mo" has taken on a life of its own in bibliography, whereby it is shorthand for something like "this format". So if that is the case, 48mo would be "correct" even though it does not represent what the Latin would be.

Jenny



> 16to, 18vo, 24to, 32o, 64to?
>
> From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu]
> On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 12:02 PM
> To: 'DCRM Revision Group List'
> Subject: [DCRM-L] 48mo?
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> Or 48vo?
>
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