id est

Adverb

Meaning

that is to say; in other words

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

namely sc videlicet viz. to wit that is scilicet i.e. that is to say strictly speaking as it were ie

Examples

Some manuscripts have the gloss id est terra vini. Source: Internet

Virgil gives Laocoön the famous line " Equō nē crēdite, Teucrī / Quidquid id est, timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs ", or "Do not trust the Horse, Trojans / Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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