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

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Abbrev. Author author Edition
  Abbr. Plant Work title German title
Vaae Vita Adae et Evae Wilhelm Meyer (Munich 1878)
Val. Fl. Gaius Valerius Flaccus  
    Argonautica  
Val. Max. Valerius Maximus  
    facta et dicta memorabilia  
Varro Varro  
  ant. rer. div. antiquitates rerum humanarum et divinarum Antiquities of human and divine institutions
  carm. carmina  
  frg. Non. Fragments at Nonius Marcellus
  gent. pop. Rome. de gente populi Romani (Fragments)
  ll (ling.) de lingua Latina  
  Men. saturae Menippeae Menu table satires
  rust. res rusticae  
  vit. pop. Rome. de vita populi Romani (Fragments)
Vat. Fragmenta Vaticana  
Veg. Vegetius  
  cura boum de curis boum epitoma  
  mil. de re militari  
  muloma. ars veterinaria sive mulomedicina  
Vell. Velleius Paterculus  
    historia Romana Roman history
Ven. Away. Venantius Fortunatus  
  carm. carmina Poems
  carm. app. carminum appendix Appendix to the poems
  laud. Mar in laudem Sanctae Mariae Praise to the Virgin Mary
  Mart. de vita Sancti Martini Life of Saint Martin
Forg. Virgil  
  Aen. Aeneid Aeneid
  Aet. Aetna  
  Cat. Catalepton  
  Cir. Ciris The heron
  Cul. Culex The mosquito
  ecl. (bucol.) eclogae (bucolica) Eclogues
  georg. georgica Georgica
  Mor. Moretum The herbal cheese poem
Verr. Flacc. Marcus Verrius Flaccus  
Vett. Val. Vettius Valens  
Vib. Sequ. Vibius sequester  
  geogr. de fluminibus, fontibus, lacubus, nemoribus, paludibus, montibus, gentibus ...  
Vir. ill. De viris illustribus  
VisEsr. Visio Esrae  
VisKenaz Visio Kenaz  
VisPaul Visio Sancti Pauli  
vit. (Vit.) Biography (Vita)  
VitAdae Vita Adae et Evae Wilhelm Meyer (Munich 1878)
VitJohBapt Life of John the Baptist ( Vita Ioannis Baptistae )  
VitProph Liber de vitis prophetarum (Pseudo-Epiphanius of Salamis)  
Vitr. Vitruvius  
    de architectura About architecture
VS The fragments of the pre-Socratics Hermann Diels , Walther Kranz (3 vols., 6th edition, Zurich 1951 f)
VT Vetus Testamentum
Vulg Vulgate  
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