[B-Greek] A.S. (Was: AISCUNE)
Ben and Jo Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Fri Apr 25 16:53:24 EDT 2003
On Fri 25 Apr 2003 (14:36:53 +0200), retposto at online.no wrote:
> Knowing this is off-topic I have another question. Hope you all forgive
> me asking about Latin but should someone happen to know the
> abbreviation A. S. (as in A.S. MDCCLXXXII.)?
A.S. stands for Latin /anno salutis/, [in the] year of salvation.
It means the same effectively as A.D., /anno Domini/, [in the] year of
the Lord.
Ben
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