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ad abundantiam

English translation: ad abundantiam

21:22 Oct 22, 2009

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Latin term or phrase: ad abundantiam

Okay so it's Latin, but since the text is in Italian...

Io non ho detto ... l'ho detto ad abbundantiam e ho sottolineato che è ad abbundantiam.

(This is the full text, with nothing missing. The speaker simply cuts off only to then start again)

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Local time: 09:21

English translation:ad abundantiam

Explanation:
I think it's a typo for the above. The phrase comes up 362 times on the eur-lex EU law site, hence appears to be well used!

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Note added at 24 mins (2009-10-22 21:46:30 GMT)
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Also see here: "http://lingualatina.co.uk/glossary.aspx"

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Note added at 28 mins (2009-10-22 21:51:01 GMT)
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Various of these occurences on eur-lex also have it as 'moreover', 'furthermore' and 'for the sake of completeness', if you wanted a truly English (non-Latin) version.

Selected response from:

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 10:21

Grading comment

kept the Latin, thanks everyone for your very helpful explanations
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

in abundance/in plenty

Joseph Brazauskas

4 +1

ad abundantiam

Oliver Lawrence

even if would not be necessary to add more

Vincenzo Di Maso

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

24 mins confidence:

ad abbundantiam even if would not be necessary to add more

Explanation:
beyond the needs sarebbe il significato letterale.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_abundantiam
Questa è un'interpretazione

Vincenzo Di Maso
Portugal
Local time: 09:21
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Vincenzo, I couldn't find much as my text has the wrong spelling of abundantiam - wikipedia is usually one of the first places I look but didn't find it there so thanks for the link and the explanation!

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

ad abbundantiam

ad abundantiam

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 10:21
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

kept the Latin, thanks everyone for your very helpful explanations

Notes to answerer

Asker: Eur-lex was the very first place I looked but didn't realize the spelling was incorrect (that'll be why I didn't find many hits in Italian text either) - thanks for pointing that out :)

15 hrs confidence:

in abundance/in plenty

Explanation:
'Ad' is here used, as often, to express the point or goal at or to which something persists or is done. It is a sort of metaphorical 'end of motion'. Cf. 'ad nauseam'.

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 04:21
Native speaker of:

English,