List of abbreviations used by ancient authors and work titles / G

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Abbrev. Author author Edition
  Abbr. Plant Work title German title
Gai. Gaius  
  dig. digesta  
  inst. institutiones  
Gal Letter to the Galatians (Pauli epistula ad Galatos)  
Gal. Galenus Karl Gottlob Kühn (1821–33, reprint 1965) and Corpus Medicorum Graecorum (1918ff)
  AA de anatomicis administrationibus About anatomical procedures
  adv. Jul. adversus Julianum Against Julian
  adv. Lyc. adversus Lycum Against Lycus
  aff. dig. de proprium animi cuiuslibet affectuum dignotione et curatione About passions
  alim. fac. de alimentorum facultatibus About properties of foods
  animi mor. (QAM, QAF) quod animi mores / facultates corporis temperamenta sequuntur
Ὅτι ταῖς τοῦ σώματος κράσεσιν αἱ τῆς ψυχῆς δυνάμεις ἕπονται  ( HoTI Taís TOU sṓmatos krásesin hai tês psyches dynameis hépontai )
 
  art. sang. an in arteriis sanguis contineatur Whether the arteries contain the blood
  CAM de constitutione artis medicae About the basics of the healing arts
  caus. Pulse. de causis pulsuum  
  comp. med. gene. de compositione medicamentorum per genera  
  cons. de consuetudinibus About habits
  cris. de crisibus About crises
  cur. advice. ven. sect. de curandi ratione per venae sectionem About treatment by bloodletting
  di. dec. de diebus decretoriis  
  diff. feb. de febrium differentiis About differences in fever
  diff. Pulse. de differentiis pulsuum About differences in heart rate
  diff. resp. de difficultate respirationis About difficulty breathing
  dig. Pulse. de dignoscendis pulsibus About diagnosing using the pulse
  fet. shape. de foetuum formatione About the formation of the fetus
  gloss. glossarium / linguarum seu dictionum exoletarum Hippocratis explicatio Glossary of Hippocratic Terms
  Hipp. aph. in Hippocratis aphorismi About the "aphorisms" of Hippocrates
  Hipp. art. in Hippocratis de articulis About the "joints" of Hippocrates
  Hipp. elem. de elementis ex Hippocrate About the "elements" of Hippocrates
  Hipp. epid. in Hippocratis epidemiarum About the "epidemics" of Hippocrates
  Hipp. fract. in Hippocratis de fracturis About the "broken bones" of Hippocrates
  Hipp. hum. in Hippocratis de humoribus About the "temperaments" of Hippocrates
  Hipp. off. med. in Hippocratis de officina medici About the "surgery" of Hippocrates
  Hipp. prog. in Hippocratis prognostica
Ἱπποκράτους Προγνωστικὸν καὶ Γαληνοῦ εἰς αὐτὸ ὑπόµνηµα  ( Hippokrátous Prognōstikòn kaì Galēnoû eis autò hypómnēma )
About the "prognoses" of Hippocrates
  Hipp. prorrh. in Hippocratis de praedictionibus
Εἰς τὸ Ἱπποκράτους Προρρητικῶν βιβλίον πρῶτον ὑπόµνηµα  ( Ice tò Hippokrátous Prorrhētikôn biblíon prôton hypómnēma )
About the "prorrhetics" of Hippocrates
  Hipp. vict. in Hippocratis de alimento About the "food" of Hippocrates
  HNH in Hippocratis de natura hominis About the "nature of man" of Hippocrates
  HVA in Hippocratis de acutorum victu About the "treatment of acute illnesses" of Hippocrates
  ind. de indolentia About avoiding pain
  inst. log. institutio logica Introduction to logic
  lib. prop. de libris propriis
Περὶ τῶν ἰδίων βιβλίων  ( Perì tôn idíōn biblíōn )
About my books
  loc. aff. de locis affectis
Περὶ τῶν πεπονθότων τόπων  ( Perì tôn peponthótōn tópōn )
 
  meth. med. (MM) de methodo medendi
Μέθοδος θεραπευτική  ( Méthodos therapeutikḗ )
About healing treatment
  MMG ad Glauconem de methodo medendi To glaucoma about the healing treatment
  med. nom. de nominibus medicis About medical names
  mor. de moribus About morals
  musc. diss. de musculorum dissectione
Περὶ µυῶν ἀνατοµῆς  ( Perì myôn anatomês )
About the anatomy of the muscles
  nat. fac. de naturalibus facultatibus
Περὶ φυσικῶν δυνάµεων  ( Perì physikôn dynámeōn )
 
  opt. doct. de optima doctrina About the best teaching
  opt. med. quod optimus medicus sit quoque philosophus
Ὅτι ὁ ἄριστος ἰατρὸς καὶ φιλόσοφος  ( Hóti ho áristos iatròs kaì philósophos )
The best doctor is also a philosopher
  ord. lib. prop. de ordine librorum propriorum About the order of my books
  parv. pil. de parvae pilae exercitio About the exercise with the little ball
  pecc. dig. de animi cuiuslibet peccatorum dignotione et curatione About diagnosis and treatment of mental aberrations
  PHP de placitis Hippocratis et Platonis About the teachings of Hippocrates and Plato
  plen. de plenitude
Περὶ πλήθους  ( Perì plḗthous )
About the abundance
  present. de praenotione ad Epiginem
Περὶ τοῦ προγιγνώσκειν βιβλίον  ( Perì toû progignṓskein biblíon )
 
  praes. Pulse. de praesagitione ex pulsibus  
  prop. plac. de propriis placitis  
  protr. adhortatio ad artes
addiscendas Προτρεπτικὸς ἐπ ​​'ἰατρικήν  ( Protreptikòs ep' iatrikḗn )
 
  san. doing. de sanitate tuenda
Ὑγιεινά  ( Hygieiná )
 
  SI. de sectis ad eos qui introducuntur Dissection for Beginners
  sem. de semine About seeds
  SMT de simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus  
  temp. de temperamentis  
  Thras. Thrasybulus sive utrum medicinae sit an gymnasticae hygiene  
  usu. part (UP) de usu partium
Περὶ χρείας µορίων  ( Perì chreías moríōn )
 
GebMan Manasseh's prayer  
Right. Aulus Gellius  
    noctes atticae Attic nights
gene 1. Book of Moses (Genesis)  
Geogr. Rav. Geographus Ravennas  
Geop. Geoponica  
RCD Geographi Graeci Minores Karl Müller (Paris 1855 ff; Reprint Hildesheim 1965)
Git Talmud tract Gittin  
Gn 1. Book of Moses (Genesis)  
Gnome. Vat. Gnomologium Vaticanum Epicureum ( cod.Vat . Gr. 743)  
Brat. (Goripp.) Flavius ​​Cresconius Gorippus  
  Ioh. Iohannis Johannis
  Laud. Just In laudem Iustini Augusti Minoris Eulogy for Emperor Justin II.
Gorg. Gorgias of Leontinoi  
    orationes Talk
  epitaph. laudatio funebris
Ἐπιτάφιος  ( Epitáphios )
Eulogy
  Hel. laudation in Helenam
Ἑλένης ἐγκώµιον  ( Helénēs enkṓmion )
Eulogy for Helena
  Pal. defensio Palamedis
Ἀπολογία Παλαµήδους  ( Apología Palamḗdous )
Defense speech of the Palamedes
Greg. M. Gregorius Magnus  
  dial. dialogi (de miraculis patrum Italicorum)  
  epist. epistulae  
  past. regula pastoralis  
Greg. Naz. Gregory of Nazianz  
  carm.
( poiem. )
carmina
Ποιήµατα  ( Poiḗmata )
 
  epist. epistulae
Ἐπιστολαί  ( Epistolaí )
 
  or.
( log. )
orationes
Λόγοι  ( Lógoi )
 
Greg. Nyss. Gregory of Nyssa W. Jaeger (Leiden et al. 1921 ff)
  anim. et res.
( psych. )
de anima et resurrectione
Περὶ ψυχῆς καὶ ἀναστάσεως  ( Perì psychês kaì anastáseōs )
 
  c. Eun. contra Eunomium Πρὸς
Εὐνόµιον λόγοι ἀντιρρητικοί  ( Pròs Eunómion lógoi antirrhētikoí )
Against Eunomius
  epist. epistulae
Ἐπιστολαί  ( Epistolaí )
 
  hex. In hexaëmeron (apologia)  
  hom. in Cant. homiliae in Canticum canticorum  
  hom. opif.
( Catholic anthracite )
de hominis opifio
Περὶ κατασκευῆς ἀνθρώπου  ( Perì kataskeuês anthrṓpou )
 
  inst. de instituto Christiano  
  Moys. vita Moysis
Περὶ τοῦ Μωυσέως  ( Perì toû Mōyséōs )
Life of moses
  or.
( log. )
orationes
Λόγοι  ( Logoi )
Talk
  or. catech.
( katech. )
oratio catechetica (magna)
Λόγος κατηχητικός ὁ µέγας  ( Lógos katēchētikós ho mégas )
 
  or. dom. homiliae in orationem dominicam  
  Theod. of. Theodoro  
  virg.
( parth. )
de virginitate
Περὶ παρθενίας  ( Perì parthenías )
 
  vit. Macr. de vita Macrinae  
Greg. Door. Gregory of Tours  
  Franc. historia Francorum History of the Franks
  Mart. de virtutibus Martini  
  mirac. miraculorum libri Book of miracles
  vit. patr. de vita patrum  
Legend for the colors of the author entries
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