auc
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.57 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
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 753 bc.
noun
Initialism of area under curve (the area under the curve in a plot of concentration of drug in blood plasma against time).
name
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a paramilitary group active from 1997 to 2006.
name
Initialism of assets under custody.
Example Sentences
- "The Senate (A.U.C. 514) decreed that the eldest son alone should bear his father's praenomen."
- "The payments continued after the U.S. government designated the AUC as a foreign terrorist organization in September 2001."
Etymology
From Latin AUC, (anno) ab urbe condita (“from the founding of the city”) or 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 (753 bc).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: AUC
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
AUROC