Subject: Re: 11 JUN 1804 Charleston Times
Resent-Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 11:19:15 -0800 (PST)
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Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 14:18:53 -0500
From: "Steven J. Coker" 
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Jean-Benedict de SAUSSURE wrote:
> Sorry for my bad command of english, but what does "ult." mean?

ult. is an abbreviation for ultimo or ultimate.  This term is seldom seen in
current usage.

>From 1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html

Ultimo
Ul"ti*mo. [L. ultimo (mense) in the last month.] In the month immediately
preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf.
Proximo.

Proximo
Prox"i*mo (?). [L., on the next, abl. of proximus next.] In the next month after
the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.

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