Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#ABACULOCategory:English learned borrowings from Latin#ABACULOCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ABACULO ā baculō (literally “by means of the rod”), from ā (“of, from”) + baculō (“sceptre, rod”), ablative singular of baculum.

Adverb

a baculo (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#ABACULOCategory:English adverbs#ABACULOCategory:English uncomparable adverbs#ABACULOCategory:English multiword terms#ABACULOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABACULOCategory:Pages with entries#A%20BACULOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#A%20BACULO

1. (uncommonCategory:English terms with uncommon senses#ABACULO) Argued by means of force rather than logic.
   • 2018, William Boos, edited by Florence S. Boos, Metamathematics and the Philosophical Tradition, →ISBN, page 257:

     Philonous’ reply is perhaps less interesting for its a baculo dismissal of the argument than for a nuance in its first sentence.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ABACULO

References

• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3