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PART 11. A VOCABULARY OF WORDS DERIVED FROM 1'HE GREEK; A. A-BYSS, $. from a, a, not, without, nnll (3U(1'O'OS, bussos *, a bollom. A bottomless pit. Academy, $. from aKaO'lI''''' akadiJmia, the name of a public sehool at Athens. The word is now used to designate a society of persons, established for the improvement ofknowledge ; thus we say, "the Royal Academy." The word also implies a school where )'oung persons arc instructed in a private way. Ache, s. from axos, aeMs, pain. Continued pain. Acme, s. from aKft1), akmiJ, a point. The summit of any tl~jng, the crisis of a disease. Acousticks, $. from aKOVW, ak~uii. I hear, and ....XV'l. tcehne, an art. The theory of sounds• ... From b"th~s, which also signifies" a bollom," we have taken the prefix - but - to denote the bottom or end of a thing, as when we speak of " the but-end of a guu."
AGO Acrido-phagi, s. Sec PHAGO, p. 25. Acro-spire, s. Sec AKRosp"'E. J S -._ Acro-stic, s. See STICHOS, p. BO~ C.. 0.,"'.>: A-damant, s. from a, a, not, and OUj.lCX61, damao, I break, is a term applied to a stone of impenetrahlc hardness. Ade-phagy, or Aden-phagy, s. Sec Pn.'Go, 'p. 25. A-dccatist, s. from a, a, not, and OEl(aTOS, dekatos, a tenth. One who is exempt from paying tithes, or who refuses paying them. . lEgis, $. from at')'lS, aigis, a goat's skin (at~, ai:rJ a goat). The shield ofthe heathen goddess Pallas was so named, because covered with the skin of a goat. lEi-pathy, s. Sec PASC/to, p. 25. lEolus, s. The heathen god of the winds. The name seems derived from awi\os, aioRJs, various, because the winds over which he presides arc ever varying. Aero-logy, s. Sec LOGOS, p. 13. Aero.maney, s. Sec MANrEIA, p. 19. Acro-naut, $. from anp, aer, the air, and vct.UTlJS, naules, a sailor. One who sails through the air in a balloon. Acro-station, $. from· al1P, aer, the air, and laTa/.leU, istamai, I remain. TJIC art or practice of sailing through the airin a balloon." . • lEther, s. from aI071P, ait";}r, the shining air, i. e. "the . highest or purest air," and thus it differs from the . common air (aer) which is dark and heavy. lEtna, s. from alOw, ait"o, I burn. A volcano or burn . ing mountain in Sicily. A-gamist, s. See GA'roS, .1;'.8. Agonistes, s. from a'l'wv, ago", contention. A prizefighter. - Milton wrote a poem called Samson Agonistes. /
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Page 4 and 5: THE STU·DENT'S MANUAL DUNG AN. ETY
Page 6 and 7: PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. IN t
Page 8 and 9: ·EXTRACTS FROil! THE PREFACES TO T
Page 10 and 11: TO THE PItECEDING EDITlOI'S. ix The
Page 12 and 13: PRELIMINARY REMARKS. To Instructors
Page 14 and 15: OBSERVATIONS, xvii himself to be ac
Page 16 and 17: OBSERVATIONS. xix .~. ; I I· till
Page 18: OBSERVATIONS. xxi have been, in the
Page 21 and 22: A E I was c311ed ep-ode concluder!
Page 23 and 24: =---~~~.-.------_. ALG struments. I
Page 25 and 26: 6 BIO' ment in which the supreme po
Page 27 and 28: 8 GEN II. Ortbo-dox, opeos, ~rthus,
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Page 31 and 32: 12 GRA l'\ . (I , i j which may he
Page 33 and 34: 14' LOG pression. It is distingnish
Page 35 and 36: 16 LOG Ichthy-o.logy, 'X8us, icllth
Page 37 and 38: 18 MAN Sy].]ogism, lTVV, (sui, for)
Page 39 and 40: 20 MET ChronO-lucter, XPOVOS, chr'd
Page 41 and 42: 22 aNa nomy was so called, because
Page 43 and 44: ORA the building in negen!'S Park,
Page 45 and 46: 26 SKI Ade-phagy, ao'lV, aden, much
Page 47 and 48: --, 28 . SKO Epi-scopal, from cpi-s
Page 49 and 50: so TEC STICHOS, ~"""O;, a rank or r
Page 51: .' 32 TlJP lIIono-theism, p.ovos, 1
Page 55 and 56: 56 ANA Amal-gam, $. See GAMEO, p. 8
Page 57 and 58: ,J 38 ANT Anerno-scope, s. Sec SKOP
Page 59 and 60: I 40 ARC books of the Apocrypha wer
Page 61 and 62: 42 A X I Asparagus, s. from o.lT7ra
Page 63 and 64: 44 CAC Broma, fro;" fJpwila, broma,
Page 65 and 66: 46 eRA Cathedral, s. from I
Page 67 and 68: CLE a term applied to a species of
Page 69 and 70: 50 COM in the following instance: H
Page 71 and 72: 52 C 11 I Cosm-orama, s. See 0 RA)l
Page 73 and 74: DES convey a familiar and instructi
Page 75 and 76: -::-. 56 DIL Dia-r-rhrea, s, from O
Page 77 and 78: 58 DUD appears as a circular plane,
Page 79 and 80: 60 EMP Eco-nomy, s. Sce NOMOS, p. 2
Page 81 and 82: 62 E P I frequent in French, dcmnez
Page 83 and 84: EUT Eu-pyrion, 3~ from EV, Cll~ goo
Page 85 and 86: 66 GYM Genesis, s~ from I'€Vea'iS
Page 87 and 88: 68 HYB Hept-~rchy,s. See ARCIlE, p.
Page 89 and 90: 70 JOT any thing is increased 01' d
Page 91 and 92: 72 LIT iog to destroy them by fire
Page 93 and 94: 74 MAN M. MACIIINE, s. in general s
Page 95 and 96: 76 MET and so measurable, ns Geomet
Page 97 and 98: 78 MET pier brute, or even n human
Page 99 and 100: 80 MYR thus, by means of such compa
Page 101 and 102: 82 ONO Nyctal-opia, s. from VVI
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PAN is every body's business is nob
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86 .PAR 1,an, all, and JlIJlOS, mim
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88 PEN sented to young people about
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90 PHI "pparatus, by means of which
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92 POE I I 1\ \L I p}i)'sio~gnomr,
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94 PRO by Great Britain, France, an
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96 SCH by 1\11'. Garden, an eminent
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98 STE of eloquence, nnd Wns npplic
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100 S T 0 and snpports the 3d part,
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" 102 S Y S I I I comprehends in it
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104 THE Tele-scope, s. See SKOPEO,
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I" (l " lOG TYR Dr. lllair says, "A
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108 zoo "When in the fonrth month (
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APPENDIX. DIVINATION, SEE MANTEIA,
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APPENDIX. 113 Di,ination ojall kbul
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APPENDIX. 11.5 having been at first
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GRADUATED SERIES OF ENGLISH READING
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Grarluaterl Series qf English Rearl
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Graauated Series if Englislt Readin
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GLEIG'S SCHOOL SERIES. A NEW SERIES
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List of W01'lls in Gleig's School S
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