ex libro

English translation: "from the book"

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Latin term or phrase:ex libro
English translation:"from the book"
Entered by: Constantinos Faridis (X)

12:12 Oct 24, 2010
Latin to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Accounting / ex libro
Latin term or phrase: ex libro
Please help me, i don't know its mean
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"from the book"
Explanation:
Ex Libro, means not only "from the book".

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ex libro = "from the book" for the latinists as me...
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5 +2"from the book"
Constantinos Faridis (X)
4according to the ledger
Joseph Brazauskas


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according to the ledger


Explanation:
In the absence of any other contextal indication save Accounting, I take 'libro' here in the sense of '(account) book, ledger', a sense which is sometimes found in good Latin but is more commonly expressed by its diminutive 'libellus'.

'Ex libro' is an ablative of accordance.

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 06:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

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disagree  Constantinos Faridis (X): ex libro = "from the book" for the latinists as me...
16 hrs

agree  Luis Antonio de Larrauri: From the book is ok, but too literal. I think this rendering grasps the spirit.
18 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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"from the book"


Explanation:
Ex Libro, means not only "from the book".

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Note added at 17 ώρες (2010-10-25 05:37:17 GMT)
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ex libro = "from the book" for the latinists as me...

Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 12:27
Native speaker of: Greek
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agree  Veronika McLaren
21 mins
  -> GRATIAE TIBI

agree  Joseph Brazauskas
104 days
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