Vi PREFACE. 



usual vowel signs have been employed; the mark " over a 

 vowel signifying that it is to be pronounced short, and the 

 mark " signifying that the vowel over which it is placed is long. 

 Where a letter is silent in pronunciation, it is printed in italics. 



I have ventured to print the Greek roots in English cha- 

 racters, choosing rather to run the risk of offending the sus- 

 ceptibilities of the classical scholar, than to endanger the 

 perfect clearness of the work to those to whom the Greek 

 characters are not familiar. 



The definitions, while concise, will, it is hoped, be found 

 sufficiently full, and are in all cases given in their most modern 

 acceptance. 



Compiled at the request, and, primarily, for the benefit of 

 my own students, this Glossary will, I hope, be found useful to 

 all those who are preparing for the examinations of the Science 

 and Art Department and other examining bodies, and especially 

 to that large and deserving band of self-taught students to 

 whom I shall be pleased to learn that it has been of service. 



THOMAS DUNMAN. 

 LONDON, August, 1878. 



