List of abbreviations used by ancient authors and work titles / B
| Abbrev. Author | author | Edition | |
| Abbr. Plant | Work title | German title | |
| b | Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli) | Talmud Bavli, Romm edition, Wilna 1880–1886, several reprints / Lazarus Goldschmidt (ed. And transl.): The Babylonian Talmud. The Hague 1933–1935 / Isidore Epstein (ed.): The Babylonian Talmud. London 1935–1952 / Adin Steinsaltz : Talmud Bavli. Mevoar meturgam umenuqqad. Jerusalem 1967ff | |
| Babr. | Babrios | ||
| fabulae Μυθίαµβοι ( Mythíamboi ) |
Fables | ||
| Bakchyl. | Bakchylides | ||
| dith. | dithyrambi Διθύραµβοι ( Dithýramboi ) |
Dithyrambs | |
| epin. | epinici Ἐπινίκια ( Epiníkia ) |
Epinicias | |
| bar | Baruch | ||
| Barn |
Barnabas letter Βαρνάβα ἐπιστολή |
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| Bas. (Basil.) | Basil the Great | ||
| ad iuv. | ad iuvenes | To the young men | |
| ad mon. | admonitio ad monachos | ||
| adv. eon. | adversus eunomion | Against Eunomios | |
| asc. 1-2 | sermones ascetici | (Attribution uncertain) | |
| asc. disc. | sermo de ascetica disciplina | (Attribution uncertain) | |
| bapt. | de baptismo libri duo | (Attribution uncertain) | |
| c. Eunom. 1-3 | adversus Eunomium libri tres | Against Eunomio's book 1-3 | |
| c. Eunom. 4-5 | adversus Eunomium libri duo | Against Eunomios Book 4-5 (attribution uncertain) | |
| calumn. trin. | adversus calumniatores Trinity | (Attribution uncertain) | |
| comment. in Isa. | commentarius in Is. 1-16 | (Attribution uncertain) | |
| epist. | epistulae Ἐπιστολαί ( Epistolaí ) |
Letters | |
| fid. | de fide | ||
| frg. | fragmenta | ||
| hex. | homiliae in hexaemeron | Homilies on the Hexaemeron | |
| hom. | homiliae variae | ||
| hom. in Ps. | homilia in psalmos | 13 homilies on psalms | |
| in Chr. generat. | in sanctam Christi generationem | (Attribution uncertain) | |
| in Lac. | homilia dicta in Lacisis | (Attribution uncertain) | |
| inst. asc. | praevia institutio ascetica | (Attribution uncertain) | |
| iudic. | de iudicio Dei | ||
| leg. lib. gent. | ad adolescentes (de legendis libris gentilium) Πρὸς τοὺς νέους ( Pròs toùs néous ) |
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| moral. | regulae morales | ||
| perf. | de perfectione vitae monachorum | ||
| poen. mon. | poenae in monachos delinquentes | ||
| reg. brev. | regulae brevius tractatae | ||
| spir. | de spiritu sancto | About the Holy Spirit | |
| Bas. | Basilicas (Basilicorum libri LX, Greek τά βασιλικά νόμιμα ) | Karl Wilhelm Ernst Heimbach (Leipzig 1833–1850) | |
| BatM | Bate Midrashot | AJ Wertheimer (ed.): Bate Mid-raschot. 25 rabbinical midrashim. 2 vols. Jerusalem 2 1954, reprinted 1980 | |
| Batr. |
Batrachomyomachia Βατραχοµυοµαχία |
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| BB | Talmud tract Bava batra | ||
| Bekh | Talmud treatise Bekhorot | ||
| Bel et Dr | Bel et Draco | ||
| BemR | Bemidbar Rabba ( Midrash to the 4th book of Moses ) | s. Midrash Rabba | |
| Bened. | Benedict of Nursia | ||
| reg. | regula monachorum | ||
| Bell. Afr. | Bellum Africum | ||
| Bell. Alex. | Bellum Alexandrinum | ||
| Bell. Hisp. | Bellum Hispaniense | ||
| Ber | Talmud Berakhot | ||
| Beros. | Berossos | ||
| historiae | |||
| BerR | Bereshit Rabba ( Midrash to the 1st book of Moses ) | Julius Theodor, Chanoch Albeck (ed.): Bereschit Rabba, with critical apparatus and commentary. 3 vol., Berlin 1912–1936, Jerusalem 2 1965, reprint 1996 (see also Midrash Rabba) | |
| BerRbti | Bereshit Rabbati | Chanoch Albek (ed.): Midras Beresit Rabbati. Jerusalem 1940, reprinted 1967 | |
| BerS | Bereshit Zuta | M. Ha-Kohen (ed.): Midrash Bereshit Zuta. Jerusalem 1962 | |
| Bez | Beza Talmudic Tract | ||
| BHM | Bet HaMidrash | A. Jellinek (ed.): Bet ha-Midrash. Collection of small midrashim. 2 vols., Leipzig a. Vienna 1853–1877, 3 1967 | |
| Bik | Talmud treatise Bikkurim | ||
| Bion | Bion of Smyrna | ||
| epit. Adon. | epithaphium Adonidis Ἐπιτάφιος Ἀδώνιδος ( Epitáphios Adṓnidos ) |
Lament for Adonis | |
| BM | Talmud tract Bava metzia | ||
| Boeth., Boeth. | Boëthius see also Ps-Boeth. | ||
| anal. pr. | analytica priora Aristotelis latine versa | ||
| arithm. | de institutione arithmetica | ||
| (de) art. arithm. | de arte arithmetica | ||
| c. Eutych. | contra Eutychen et Nestorium | ||
| categ. | categoriae Aristotelis latine versae | ||
| cons. | de consolatione philosophiae | The consolation of philosophy | |
| diff. Top. | de differentiis topicis | ||
| divin. | Utrum Pater et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus de divinitate substantialiter praedicentur | ||
| divis. | de divisione | ||
| elench. soph. | de sophisticis elenchis liber Aristotelis latine versa | ||
| herm. | peri hermeneias liber Aristotelis latine versa | ||
| in categ. comm. | in categorias Aristotelis commentarius | ||
| in herm. comm. | in librum Aristotelis peri hermeneias commentarii | ||
| in porph. comm. | in Porphyrii isagogen commentarii | ||
| in top. Cic. | commentarii in Ciceronis topica | ||
| mus. | de institutione musicae | ||
| opusc. sacra | opuscula sacra | ||
| subst. bon. | quomodo substantiae in eo, quod sint, bonae sint | ||
| syll. categ. | de syllegismo categorico | ||
| syll. categ. introd. | introductio ad syllgismos categoricos | ||
| syll. hyp. | de hypotheticis syllogismis | ||
| Top. Arist | topica Arisatotelis latine versa | ||
| transl. Porph isag. | Porphyrii isagoge e graeco versa | ||
| trin. | de trinitate | ||
| BQ | Talmud tract Bava qama | ||
| BrJer | Letter of Jeremiah | ||
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| author | Author abbreviation | ||
| SW | Compilation | Collection or compilation (both modern and ancient) | |
| ON | Anonymous | Writing by a single, unknown author | |
| BS | Biblical script | Scripture of the OT or NT (also Apocrypha) | |
| RS | Rabbinical script | Mishnah, Talmud and other Hebrew, non-biblical writing | |
| X | Others | Abbreviation of lexicon, series, etc .; general abbreviation | |