a quo

American  

[ah-kwoh, ey-kwoh] / ɑˈkwoʊ, eɪˈkwoʊ /

Latin.

1. from which; following from: used as a point of departure, as for an idea or plan.

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Example Sentences

So, basically, a quid and a quo but not a pro.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2019

The U.S. attorney saw double — a quid and a quo.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2015

While the negotiations go on, Nixon obviously has nothing to gain by trumpeting his quids before the other side can respond with a quo or two.

From Time Magazine Archive

We may, then, define efficient cause as the extrinsic principle of the change or production of anything by means of action: principium extrinsicum a quo fluit motus vel productio rei mediante actione.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

His verbis a Vishnû interrogati Dî talia proferre: Terror nobis instat, O Vishnus! a Râvana mundi direptore; a quo nos vindicare, corpore humano assumpto, tuum est.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)