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the poem of Catullus, who defcribes it in the beginning 
of his verfes on the hair of Berenice, the filler and wife 
of Ptolomy Euergetes, upon the occafion of Conon hav¬ 
ing given out that it was changed into a conftellation 
among the Itars, to confole the queen for the lofs, when 
it was ftolen out of the temple, where Ihe had confe- 
crated it to the gods. 
CO'NON, a famous general of Athens, fon of Timo- 
theus. He w r as made governor of all the iflands of the 
Athenians, and was defeated in a naval battle by Lyfan- 
der, near the Aigofpotamos, He retired in voluntary 
banifliment to Evagoras king of Cyprus, and afterwards 
to Artaxerxes king of Perfia, by whole altiltance he freed 
his country from flavery. He defeated the Spartans near 
Cnidos-, in an engagement where Pifander, the enemy’s 
admiral, was killed. By his means the Athenians forti¬ 
fied their city with a Itrong wall, and attempted to reco¬ 
ver Ionia and Alolia. He was perfidiously betrayed by 
a-Perlian, and died in prifon, before Chrift 393. C. Ne- 
pos. —A Grecian mythologift, in the age of Julius Csefar, 
who wrote a book which contained forty fables, dill 
extant.—There was alfo a treatife written on Italy by a 
man of the fame name. 
CONOPE'A, f [kvvvksiov is a veil or net for keeping 
od'gnats.] In botany, a genus of the clafs didynamia, 
order angiofpermia, natural order lyfimachiae. The ge¬ 
neric characters are—Calyx perianthium one-leafed, five- 
cornered, permanent, five-cleft; fegments fubovate, acu¬ 
minate, ereCt. Corolla: one-petalled, ringent; tube ob¬ 
long, gradually widening; border two-lipped ; upper lip 
ereCt, emarginate ; lower trifid, the middle fegment larger, • 
concave. Stamina : filaments four., two longer, fattened 
at bottom to the tube of the corolla; anthers fagittate. 
Pidillum: germ roundiih ; dyle filiform, hairy; digrna 
two-lobcd. Pericarpium : capfule roundiih, one-celled, 
four-valved. Seeds: very many, fmall, oblong, dfjated, 
fixed to a roundiih receptacle.— EffintialCharacter. Calyx, 
five-cleft; corolla ringent, two-lipped, lower lip trifid ■ 
digrna two-lobcd; capfule one-celled, four-valved, manv- 
fieeded. 
There is only one fpecies, conopea aquatica. It is a 
creeping plant, with parcels of fmall fibrous roots at the 
joints. It fpreads over the neighbouring grafs, and on 
the furface of the water, by the fide of which it naturally 
grows. The dents and branches are fquare, and each 
angle is bordered its whole length by a very thin fiiarp 
leaf or wing ; leaves oppofite, at each joint, clalping, 
didant three quarters of an inch from each other, kidney- 
form, plaited at the nerves, and waving on the edge; 
flowers either folitary or in pairs oppolite from the axil 
of the leaves, on a flender peduncle an inch in length ; 
the calyx has two long narrow-pointed leaflets at the 
bafe ; corolla blue ; capfule marked with four grooves, 
partly wrapped up in the calyx, opening into four parts 
to the bafe ; feeds fadened to a receptacle which riles 
up in the center at the bottom of the capfule. Native 
of Guiana, flowering in June. 
CONO'PHOROSjy. in botany. See Protea. 
CONO'POLI, a town of European Turkey, in the pro¬ 
vince of Livadia : ten miles north-ead of Lepanto. 
CO/NOPS, f. [from y.uvoi;, a cone, and wi]/,.the face.] 
The conic-faced Fly; in entomology, a genus of infeCts 
belonging to the order diptera, the characters of which 
are—The rofirum is porreCted, and jointed like a knee. 
The antennae terminate by a flat and folid articulation, 
refembling the bowl of a fpoon, with a lateral bridle, 
which, when clofely examined, appears to be very hairy. 
There are twenty-two fpecies of this infeCt now afcer- 
tained ; three of them are natives of Afia ; two are found 
in America ; and the refidue inhabit the different coun¬ 
tries of Europe. A few of the fpecies are found in 
England, which are troublelome to horfes and cattle, by 
dinging leverely, and fucking their blood. The macro- 
cepnala is the mod common with us, and might at fird 
fight be midaken f®r a fpecies of wafp ; as may be feen . 
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in the plate. It is fmooth ; the forepart of the head is 
lemon-colour, as are the poifers; the feet are dun-co¬ 
loured. The thorax is variegated with black and red- 
difh dun. The fame takes place with refpeCt to the 
fegments of the abdomen ; fome of which are edged with 
lemon-colour, chiefly the fecond, and part of the third, 
towards the lide-s. The wings are brown, watered, and 
clouded. 'I his beautiful conops, with fome others dif¬ 
ferently marked, are leen buzzing, in autumn, among 
the cattle in meadows. 
CO'NOSTEIN-ENGERS, oi-Engers, a town of Ger¬ 
many, in the circle of the Lower Rhine, and electorate 
of Treves : four miles north of Coblentz. 
CONOU', a town of Perfia, in the province of Laridan, 
on the coad of the Perfian gulf: fixty-fix m!les ead-fouth. 
ead of Lar. 
CONO'VIUM, anciently a town of the Ordivices, in 
Britain. Front its ruins arofe, at the didance of fotpr 
miles, Aberconway, the mouth of the Conway, in Caer- 
narvonfhire. 
' To CONQU AS'SATE, v.a. [ conquafb , Lat.] Tofhake; 
to agitate. Not in vfe .—Vomits do violently conquajfati 
the lungs. Harvey. 
CONQUASSA'TION, f. Agitation; concuflion. 
To CON'QUFIR, v. a. \_conquerir , Fr, conquirere, Lat. Tj 
To gain by conqued ; to over-run; to win.—They had 
conquered them and brought them under tribute. 1 Mac, 
viii. 2. 
We conquer'd France, but felt our captives charms; 
Their arts victorious triumph’d o’er our arms. Pope, 
To overcome ; to fubdue ; to vanquilh : 
The conquer'd alfo, and enflav’d by war, 
Shall, with their freedom lofl, all virtue lofie 
And fear of God. Milton. 
To furmount ; to overcome : as, he conquered his re- 
luElance: 
To CON'QUER, v. n. To get the victory; to over¬ 
come;—The logic of a oonqtiering fvvord has no propriety . 
Decay of Piety. 
Equal fuccefs had fet thefe champions high, 
And both refolv’d to conquer or to die. Waller, 
CON'QUERABLE, adj. Podible to be overcome.—< 
While the heap is fmall, and the particulars few, he will 
find it eafy and conquerable. South. 
CON'QUERESS,/". A victorious female : 
The conquerefs departs, and with her led 
Thefe prifoners. Fairfax. 
CON’QUEROR, /. A man that has obtained a victory; 
a viCtor.—A critic that attacks authors in reputation, is 
as the Have who called out to the conqueror, Remember, ., 
fir, that-you are a man. Addifon. 
The gain of civil wars will not allow 
Bags for the conqueror’s crew. Cowley. 
One that lubdues and ruins countries : 
Deferving freedom more 
Than thofe their conquerors, who leave behind 
Nothing but ruin wherefoe’er they rove. Milton. 
CON'QUES, a town of France, in .the department of 
the Aveiron, and chief place of a- canton, in the diltriCt 
of Albin : fix leagues north of Rhodez. 
CON'QUES, a town of France, in the department of 
the Aude, and chief place of a canton, in the diltriCt of 
Carcalfonne : one league and a half north-eaft of Carcal- 
fonne, and three and three quarters ealt-louth-ealt of 
Montolieu. 
CON'QUEST, f. [ conquete, Fr.] The aCt of conquer¬ 
ing ; fubjeCtion.—A perfect conquejl of a country reduces 
all the people to the condition of lubjeCts. Davies. —Ac- - 
quilition by victory ; thing gained ; 
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