| AG | Ayer, Meagan et al., eds., Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges. Dickinson College Commentaries, 2014. |
| CL | Classical Latin |
| DMLBS | Latham, R.E., Richard Ashdowne, and D.R. Howlett. 1975–2014. Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources. London, The British Academy. |
| Gray | Gray, Christa. 2015. Jerome, Vita Malchi: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| Leclerq | Leclerc, P., E. M. Morales, and A. de Vogüé. 1975. Jerome: Trois Vies de Moines: Paul, Malchus, Hilarion. Sources Chrétiennes, 508. Paris: Cerf. |
| LL | Late Latin |
| LS | Lewis, Charlton T., and Charles Short. 1891. A New Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| MSS | manuscripts |
| OLD | Glare, P. G. W. et al. 1982. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| sc. | scilicet, i.e. we need to understand something not expressed in text |
| TLL | Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. 1900-. Berlin: De Gruyter. |