ex abrupto
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ex abruptō (“abruptly”).
Adverb[edit]
- happening suddenly, fast, or unexpectedly; abruptly
- Cicerone inizia ex abrupto con la famosa invettiva «Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?» («Fino a quando dunque, Catilina, abuserai della nostra pazienza?»).
- Cicero starts off abruptly with the famous diatribe "Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?" ("For how long, then, Catilina, will you abuse our patience?").