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i.q.

i.q. preposition: the same as.

Preposition

i.q.

  1. the same as
    • Cleopatris, Egypti, i. q. Arsinoe Heroopolitana.1851, William Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane, London: Whittaker & Co., →OCLC, page 113
    • כָּרְסֵא, the throne; m. n., i. q. Hebr. כִּסֵּא, סּ being changed into רס.1859, George Longfield, An Introduction to the Study of the Chaldee Language, London: Whittaker & Co., →OCLC, page 157

Origin of i.q.

From the Latin īdem (“same”) + quod the neuter nominative of quī (“what”).

Phrases with i.q.

Questions about i.q.

What does i.q. mean?
I.q. means the same as.
What part of speech is i.q.?
I.q. is a preposition.

Words near i.q. in the dictionary

  1. i.m.
  2. I.O.U.
  3. I.O.U.s
  4. i.p.
  5. i.p.i.
  6. i.q.
  7. i.v.
  8. I.W.
  9. I/DD
  10. i/o
  11. I/O bound

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