ex silentio
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of ex silentio
literally: from silence
Example Sentences
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It is not so thoroughly known but that it is often necessary to cite its readings ex silentio.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
What the opponents of Graf's hypothesis call its argument ex silentio, is nothing more or less than the universally valid method of historical investigation.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
The protest against the argument ex silentio takes another form.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
The first, an argumentum ex silentio, is that if there was trouble in Pompeii between the old inhabitants and the new colonists then the same would have been true in Præneste!
From A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Magoffin, Ralph Van Deman
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