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AUC
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auc auć A.U.C.
English
Ab urbe condita
Etymology 1
From en la AUC, (la anno) la ab urbe condita from the founding of the city or la anno urbis conditae in the year of the city's having been founded, both in reference to Rome's legendary establishment by Romulus. The era was not in common use by the Romans, who preferred dating by the years' consuls, but Roman historians give several dates for this era. The one most commonly used in the present day is Varro's, which dates from the third year of the sixth Olympiad (753bc)."Chronology" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 712.
Adverb
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en historical According to the Roman era, which reckons the number of years passed from the foundation of the city of Rome by Romulus, now usually taken as 753bc.
1st Introduction xv The Senate (A.U.C. 514) decreed that the eldest son alone should bear his father's praenomen.
Alternative forms
en ab urbe condita, en ab Urbe condita
Etymology 2
English initialisms.
Noun
en area under curve the area under the curve in a plot of concentration of drug in blood plasma against time.
Related terms
en AUROC
Etymology 3
Initialism of Spanish Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia.
Proper noun
en historical United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a paramilitary group active from 1997 to 2006.
en March 19, 2007 Reuters Andy Sullivan Chiquita pleads guilty to Colombia terror payments https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-chiquita-idUSHO98160420070319 The payments continued after the U.S. government designated the AUC as a foreign terrorist organization in September 2001.
Etymology 4
Initialism.
Proper noun
en finance en assets under custody.
References
Anagrams
en acu UAC CUA UCA Cau ACU acu-
Latin
Ab urbe condita
Alternative forms
la A. U. C., la A.U.C.
archaic orthography la A. V. C., la a.u.c.
Adverb
AUC -
la historical la ab urbe conditā,annō urbis conditae: according to the Roman era, reckoning the years passed from the foundation of the city of Rome by Romulus, on April 21 in the various years 753bc Varro, Cicero, Censorinus, most of Pliny, & most modern accounts, 752bc V. Flaccus, 751bc Cato, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, & most of Livy, 750bc Polybius, or 747bc F. Pictor & some of Livy.
Synonyms
la a.u., la A.U. in Cassius Dio
See also
la a.a.u.c.