单词	terminus a quo
释义	terminus a quo /ɑː ˈkwəʊ / noun 1The earliest possible date for something: the evidence clearly establishes a terminus a quo of 1602... We can establish a terminus a quo, the earliest possible date at which the book could have been finalized. In fact, the chapter's conclusion only states a terminus a quo with any conviction, while his earlier confidence regarding a terminus ante quem seems to disappear unexplainably. If the terminus a quo does not lie within the decade A.D.70-80, it cannot well be pushed back earlier than A.D.95. 1.1A starting point or initial impulse.We are at the beginning of this school year - the terminus a quo.... The terminus a quo of the whole period is the issuing of a decree ‘to restore and to build Jerusalem.’ Origin Latin, literally 'end from which'.
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