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

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Abbrev. Author author Edition
  Abbr. Plant Work title German title
t Tosefta MS Zuckermandel (ed.): Tosephta. Pasewalk 1880, Jerusalem 2 1937, reprint 1970 / Saul Lieberman (ed.): The Tosefta, according to cod. Vienna, with variants from cod. Erfurt, Genizah mss and ed. Princeps (Venice 1521) New York 1955ff / Karl Heinrich Rengstorf (Hg.): Rabbinical texts. First row: The Tosefta. Stuttgart 1953ff
Taan Talmud tract Ta'anit  
Tab. Peut Tabula Peutingeriana (Peutinger table)  
Tac. Tacitus  
  Agr. de vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae Life of Agrikola
  ann. annales (from excessu divi Augusti) annals
  dial. dialogus de oratoribus Dialogue about the speakers
  Germ. de origine et situ Germanorum Germania
  hist. historiae Histories
Tan Tanchuma Midrash Tanchuma. Mantua 1563, reprint Jerusalem 1970f
TanB Tanchuma (Buber) Salomon Buber (ed.): Midrash Tanchuma. Vilnius 1883, reprint 1960
Camouflage Talmudic Tamid  
Did. Tatian  
  diatess. diatessaron
Τὸ διὰ τεσσάρων εὐαγγέλιον  ( Tò dià tessárōn euangélion )
 
  orat. oratio ad Graecos
Λόγος πρὸς Ἕλληνας  ( Lógos pròs Héllēnas )
 
Tem Talmudic Treatise Temura  
Ter Talmud Terumot  
Ter. Maur. Terentianus Maurus  
Ter. Terence  
  Ad. Adelphoe The brothers
  Andr. Andria The girl from Andros
  Eun. Eunuchus The cut one
  Heaut. Heautontimorumenos The self-tormentor
  Hec. Hecyra The mother in law
  Phorm. Phormio Phormio
Tert. Tertullian  
  adv. Herm. adversus Hermogenem  
  adv. Iud. adversus Iudaeos  
  adv. Marc. adversus Marcionem  
  adv. Practice. adversus praxean  
  adv. Val. adversus Valentinianos  
  anim. de anima About the soul
  apol. apologeticum  
  bapt. de baptismo About baptism
  carn. de carne Christi  
  castit. de exhortatione castitatis  
  coron. de corona militis  
  cult. fem. de cultu feminarum  
  fug. de fuga in persecutione  
  idol. de idolatria  
  ieiun. de ieiunio adversus psychicos  
  mart. d martyras  
  monog. de monogamia  
  nat. ad nationes Against the heathen
  orat. de oratione  
  praescr. de praescriptione haereticorum  
  paenit. de paenitentia  
  pall. de pallio About the philosopher's coat
  pat. de patientia  
  pudic. de pudicitia  
  resurr. de carnis resurrectione  
  Scap. ad Scapulam  
  scorp. scorpiace Remedy against the scorpion sting
  spect. de spectaculis  
  test. anim. de testimonio animae  
  uxor. ad uxorem  
  virg. vel. de virginibus velandis  
TestDom New Testament = Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ (Testamentum Domini nostri Jesu Christi)  
Test XII Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (Testamenta duodecim patriarcharum) Marinus de Jonge (Leiden 1964)
  As. Azer  
  Benj. Benjamin  
  Dan Dan  
  Gad Gad  
  Eat Issachar  
  Jos. Joseph  
  Judah Judah  
  Levi Levi  
  Naph. Naphtali  
  Rub. Ruben  
  Sim. Simeon  
  Zab. Zabulon  
TevJ Talmud tract Tevul jom  
TFrag Fragmented argum (Targum Jerushalmi II) ML Klein (ed.): The Fragment-Targums of the Pentateuch. 2 vols. Analecta biblica 76, Rome 1980
TGF² Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta August Nauck 2nd edition (Leipzig 1889)
TGL Henri Estienne , Thesaurus Graecae Linguae (1572)  
TH Thebes (location Linear-B tablets)  
Thal. Thales  
Theag. Theagenes  
Them. Themistios  
  on. par. in libros de anima paraphrasis
Παράφρασις τῶν Περὶ ψυχῆς  ( Paráphrasis tôn Perì psychês )
Paraphrase of Aristotle's De anima
  on. post. par. analyticorum posteriorum paraphrasis
Παράφρασις Ἀναλυτικῶν ὑστέρων  ( Paráphrasis Analytikôn hystérōn )
Paraphrase on Aristotle's Analytica posteriora
  cael. par. in libros de caelo paraphrasis
Παράφρασις τῶν Περὶ οὐρανοῦ  ( Paráphrasis tôn Perì ouranoû )
Paraphrase on Aristotle's De Caelo
  epist. epistula de re publica gerenda
Περὶ πολιτείας ἐπιστολή  ( Perì politeías epistolḗ )
Letter about governance
  metaph. par. in metaphysicorum librum XII paraphrasis
Παράφρασις τῶν Μετὰ τὰ φυσικὰ  ( Paráphrasis tôn Metà tà physikà )
Paraphrase on Book XII of the Metaphysics of Aristotle
  or. orationes
Λόγοι  ( Lógoi )
Talk
  phys. par. in physica paraphrasis
Παράφρασις τῆς Φυσικῆς ἀκροάσεως  ( Paráphrasis tês Physikês akroáseōs )
Paraphrase on the physics of Aristotle
  virt. oratio de virtute, quae est praestantia animi
Περὶ ἀρετῆς  ( Perì aretês )
About virtue
Theod. (Theodrt.) Theodoret (Theodoretus Cyrrhensis)  
  ep. C 1-36 Epistulae C 1-36  
  ep. P 1-52 Epistulae P 1-52  
  ep. S 1-147 Epistulae S 1-147  
  Size aff. cur. Graecarum affectionum curatio
῾Ελληνικῶν θεραπευτικὴ παθημάτων 
The cure of the Greek disease
  haer. fab. comp. haereticarum fabularum compendium Summary of heretical representations
  hist. eccl. / hey historia ecclesiastica Church history
Theod. Pug. Theodore of Mopsuestia  
Theogn. Theognis of Megara  
    elegi
Ἔλεγοι  ( Élegoi )
Elegies
Theocr. Theocritus  
  Beren. Berenike  
  oath. Eidyllia  
  epigr. Epigrammata  
Theon Theon of Alexandria  
  exp. rer. math. expositio rerum mathematicarum  
  prog. Progymnasmata  
Theon Smyrn. Theon of Smyrna  
Theop. Theopompus  
Theoph. Theophilus of Antioch
  Autol. ad Autolycum
Θεοφίλου πρὸς Αὐτόλυκον  ( Theophílou pròs Autólykon )
 
Theophan. Conf. Theophanes Confessor Carl de Boor (Leipzig 1883–1885)
Theophr. Theophrastus of Eresus  
  caus. plans. de causis plantarum
Περὶ φυτικῶν αἰτιῶν  ( Perì phytikôn aitiôn )
 
  char. characteres
Χαρακτῆρες  ( characters )
 
  hist. plans. historia plantarum
Περὶ φυτῶν ἱστορία  ( Perì phytôn historía )
 
  ign. de igne
Περὶ πυρός  ( Perì pyrós )
 
  lap. de lapidibus
Περὶ λίθων  ( Perì líthōn )
 
  let. de lassitudine  
  metaph. Metaphysics
Τὰ µετὰ τὰ φυσικά  ( Tà metà tà physiká )
 
  or de odoribus
Περὶ ὀσµῶν  ( Perì osmôn )
 
  sens. de sensu  
  sign. de signis tempestatum
Περὶ σηµείων  ( Perì sēmeíōn )
 
  south. de sudore  
  vent. de ventis
Περὶ ἀνέµων  ( Perì anémōn )
 
  vert. de vertigine  
Theopomp. Theopompus  
Thess1, Thess2 1st , 2nd epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians (Epistula ad Thessalonicenses I, II)  
Thgn. Theognis of Megara  
Thuk. Thucydides  
    historiae
Ὁ πόλεµος τῶν Πελοποννησίων καί Ἀθηναίων  ( Ho pólemos tôn Peloponnēsíōn kaí Athēnaíōn )
The Peloponnesian War
TI Tiryns (locality Linear-B tablets)  
Tib. (Tibullus.) Albius Tibullus  
    elegiae  
Tim1, Tim2 1st , 2nd epistle of Paul to Timotheus (Epistula ad Timotheum I, II)  
Tim. Timothy of Miletus  
    carmina Poems
  Pers. Persae  
Tit Letter of Paul to Titus (Pauli epistula ad Titum)  
TJI Targum Jeruschalmi I s. TPsJ
TJII Targum Jeruschalmi II s. TFrag
TJon Targum Jonathan A. Sperber (ed.): The Bible in Aramaic. Vol. 2–3, Leiden 1959–1962, reprinted 1992
TLL Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (Leipzig 1904ff)  
TO Targum Onkelos A. Sperber (ed.): The Bible in Aramaic. Vol. 1, Leiden 1959, reprint 1992
Tob Book Tobit  
Toh Toharot Talmudic tract  
TPsJ Targum pseudo-Jonathan (Targum Jerushalmi I) EG Clarke (ed.): Targum Pseudo-Jonathan of the Pentateuch. Hoboken 1984
TragGrFrg Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (Göttingen 1971ff)
TragRomFrg (TRF 3 ) Tragicorum Romanorum Fragmenta Otto Ribbeck (3rd edition, Leipzig 1898)
TransMariae Passage of Mary ( Transitus Mariae )  
Tryphiod. (Tryph.) Triphiodoros Wilhelm Weinberger (1896)
Tyrt. Tyrtaios  
Tzetz. Johannes Tzetzes  
  ad Lycoph. ad lycophroneme Scholien to Lycophron Alexandra
  anteh. antehomerica
τὰ πρὸ τοῦ ῾Ομήρου 
 
  chil. chiliades  
  posth. posthomerica
τὰ μεθψ῞Ομηρον 
 
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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