Talk:videlicet

Etym

OED goes into a bizarre digression on Latin roots, but AmHD is right here. It's just a contraction of the standard Latin [dep. v.] + [inf.] phrase. — LlywelynII 04:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Usage notes

The entry states: "Where videlicet is carefully distinguished from scilicet, viz. is used to provide glosses and sc. to provide omitted words or parenthetic clarification."

This is unclear, as a "gloss" [1] is not obviously different from a "parenthetic clarification". A sample sentence containing both forms would be useful to demonstrate the contrast.

—DIV (1.129.111.176 06:58, 12 April 2020 (UTC))