but what exactly those four letters (S, P, Q, and R) stand for in Latin is a little less clear. My take is that SPQR stands for the first letters of the following words with "-que" added as the third:
HFHeredes Fecerunt(Latin: His/Her Heirs Made, epigraphy) HFHeres Fecit(Latin: His/Her Heir Made, epigraphy) HFHull Fitter HFHold For/Held For Copyright 1988-2018AcronymFinder.com, All rights reserved. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page...
In the course of his folio be has contrived to treat a great variety of topics, that seem very loosely connected with the general subject; and, like Bayle, when he starts a favourite train of quotations, he does not scruple to let the digression outrun the principal question. Thus, from...