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COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

COMPARATIVE ANATOMY

COMPARATIVE STRENGTH OF VARIOUS

DOMENICO COMPARETTI (1835- )

COMPASS (Fr. corn pas, ultimately from Lat. cum, with, and passus, step)

JULES GABRIEL COMPAYRE (1843– )

COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

COMPLEMENT (Lat. complementum, from complere, to fill up)

COMPLUVIUM (from Lat. compluere, to flow together, i.e. in reference to the rain being collected and falling through)

COMPOSITE ORDER

COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

COMPOSITION OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF RUM

COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

COMPRADOR (a Portuguese word used in the East, derived from the Lat. comparare, to procure)

COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

COMPROMISE MEASURES OF 1850

COMPSA (mod. Conza)

HENRY COMPTON (1632-1713)

COMPURGATION (from Lat. compurgare, to purify .completely)

AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] COMTE (1798-1857)

COMUS (from sd p.os, revel, or a company of revellers)

JOHN COMYN (d. c. 1300)

CONACRE (a corruption of corn-acre)

THOMAS JEFFERSON CONANT (1802-1891)

CONATION (from Lat. conari, to attempt, strive)

SEBASTIANO CONCA (1679-1764)

CONCEPCION, or VILLA CONCEPCION

CONCEPTUALISM (from " Concept ")

CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

CONCERTINA, or MELODION (Fr. concertina, Ger. Ziehharmonica or Bandoneon)

CONCERTO (Lat. concertus, from certare, to strive, also con-fused with concentus)

CONCH (Lat, concha, Gr. rdyxn)

CONCHOID (Gr. «oyXn, shell, and ethos, form)

CONCIERGE (a French word of unknown origin; the Latinized form was concergius ar concergerius)

CONCINO CONCINI (d. 1617)

CONCLAVE (Lat. conclave, from cum, together, and clavis, a key)

BOOK OF CONCORD (Liber Concordiae)

CONCORDANCE (Late Lat. concordantia, harmony, from cum, with, and car, heart)

CONCORDAT (Lat. concordatum, agreed upon, from con-, together, and cor, heart)

CONCORDIA (mod. Concordia Sagittaria)

CONCRETE (Lat. concretes, participle of concrescere, to grow together)

CONCUBINAGE (Lat. concubina, a concubine; from con-, with, and cubare, to lie)

PRINCE LOUIS DE BOURBON CONDE

PRINCES OF CONDE

CONDENSATION OF GASES

CHARLES CONDER (1868—1909)

ETIENNE BONNOT DE CONDILLAC (1715—178o)

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

CONDITION OF THE ART OF PAINTING IN ITALY BEFORE THE REVIVAL

CONDITIONAL FEE

CONDITIONAL LIMITATION

CONDOR (Sarcorhamphus gryphus)

MARQUIS DE MARIE JEAN ANTOINE NICOLAS CARITAT CONDORCET (1743-1794)

CONDOTTIERE (plural, condottieri)

CONDUCTION OF HEAT

ELECTRIC CONDUCTION

CONE (Gr. Kwvos)

THOMAS CONECTE (d. 1434)

CONESTOGA (said to mean " people of the immersed or forked poles ")

COUNT FEDERICO CONFALONIERI (1785-1846)

CONFECTIONERY (from Lat. confectio, conficere, compound)

CONFEDERATE STATES

CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

CONFESSION AND AVOIDANCE

CONFESSIONAL (Late Lat. confessionale, neut. adj. from confessionalis, " pertaining to confession," Fr. confessional, Ital. confessionale)

CONFIRMATION (Lat. confirmatio, from confirmare, to establish, make firm)

CONFIRMATION OF BISHOPS

CONFISCATION (from Lat. confiscare, to consign to the fiscus, or imperial treasury)

CONFUCIUS [K'ung tsze] (550 or 551-478 B.C.)

1ST BARON HENRY BROOKE PARNELL CONGLETON (1776-1842)

CONGLOMERATE (from the Lat. conglomerare, to form into a ball, glomus, glomeris; so also the general term " conglomeration " for a miscellaneous collection of things, gathered together in a mass)

CONGO FREE STATE

CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

CONGREGATIONALISM

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

RICHARD CONGREVE (1818-1899)

SIR WILLIAM CONGREVE

WILLIAM CONGREVE (167o-1729)

CONGRUOUS (from Lat. congruere, to agree)

CONIBOS, or MANOAS

JOHN CONINGTON (1825—1869)

CONISTERIUM (from Gr. «outs, dust)

KANCHIPURAM CONJEEVERAM

CONJUGAL RIGHTS

CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

ROSCOE CONKLING (1829-1888)

DUKE OF ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT CONNAUGHT (1850– )

CONNECTICUT RIVER

CONNECTIVE TISSUES

CONNOR (or O'CONNOR), BERNARD (1666-1698)

CONOID (Gr. KWvor, cone, and el os, form)

JOHN CONOLLY (1794-1866)

CONRAD (d. 955)

CONRAD OF WURZBURG (d. 1287)

JOSEPH CONRAD (1856– )

CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

CONRADIN, or CONRAD THE YOUNGER (1252–1268)

CONRART (or CONRARD), VALENTIN (1603-1675)

ERCOLE CONSALVI (1757-1824)

CONSANGUINITY, or KINDRED

CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)

HENDRIK CONSCIENCE (1812-1883)

CONSCRIPTION (from Lat. con-, together, and scribere, to write)

CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

CONSEIL DE FAMILLE (" family council ")

CONSERVATIVE PARTY

CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

CONSERVATOR (Lat. conservare, to preserve)

CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

CONSIGNMENT (from consign, Fr. consigner, Lat. consignare, to affix a signum, seal; whence, in Late Lat., to hand over, transmit)

CONSISTORY (Lat. consistorium, literally, a standing place, hence meeting place, waiting or audience chamber)

CONSISTORY COURTS

CONSOLATION (Fr. consolation, Lat. consolatio, from consolari, to assuage, comfort, console)

CONSOLE (a French form, supposed to be an abbreviation of consolide, from Lat. consolidare, to strengthen)

CONSOLIDATION ACTS

CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)

ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE (1774-1827)

HENRY CONSTABLE (1562-1613)

JOHN CONSTABLE (1776-1837)

SIR MARMADUKE CONSTABLE (c. 1455-1518)

CONSTANCE (Ger. Konstanz or Costnitz)

COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE

LAKE OF CONSTANCE (called by the Romans Lacus Brigantinus or lake of Bregenz, and now usually named in German Bodensee, as well as the " Swabian Sea ")

JEAN ANTOINE ERNEST CONSTANS (1833– )

HENRI BENJAMIN CONSTANT DE REBECQUE (1767-183o)

BENJAMIN CONSTANT (1845-1902)

CONSTANTINE CANTEMIR

CONSTANTINE III

CONSTANTINE PAVLOVICH (1779-1831)

CONSTANTINE VII

CONSTANTINE VIII

COUNCILS OF CONSTANTINOPLE

FLAVIUS VALERIUS CONSTANTIUS

CONSTANTZA (Constanta)

CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

CONSTIPATION (from Lat. constipare, to press closely together, whence also the adjective " costive ")

CONSTITUENCY (from " constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. constituere, to create)

CONSTITUTION AND

CONSTITUTION OF ATHENS

CONSUETUDINARY (Med. Lat. consuetudinarius, from consuetudo, custom)

CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

CONSUMPTION PER HEAD OF

CONTEMPORARY PAINTING IN OTHER PARTS OF ITALY

CONTEMPT OF COURT

PRINCES OF CONTI

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

CONTINENTAL SHELF

CONTINUED FRACTIONS

CONTRABAND (Fr. contrebande, from contra, against, and bannum, Low Lat. for " proclamation ")

CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

CONTRACTILE VACUOLE

PRINCIPLE OF CONTRADICTION (principium contradictionis)

DOUBLE CONTRAFAGOTTO

CONTRALTO (from Ital. contra-alto, i.e. next above the alto)

CONTRAPUNTAL FORMS

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

CONTUMACY (Lat. contumacia, obstinacy; derived from the root tem-, as in temnere,' t'o_despise, or possibly from the root tum-, as in tumere, to swell, with anger, &c.)

CONUNDRUM (a word of unknown origin, probably coined in burlesque imitation of scholastic Latin, as "hocus-pocus" or '" panjandrum ")

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)

THE NATIONAL CONVENTION

CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

CONVOCATION (Lat. convocatio, a calling together)

CONWAY (Conwy, or Aberconwy)

HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY (1721-1795)

MONCURE DANIEL CONWAY (1832–1907)

SIR WILLIAM MARTIN CONWAY (1856– )

WILLIAM DANIEL CONYBEARE (1787–1857)

WILLIAM JOHN CONYBEARE (1815–1857)

SIR JOHN COODE (1816–1892)

ALBERT STANBURROUGH COOK (1853– )

EDWARD DUTTON COOK (1829–1883)

ELIZA COOK (1818–1889)

JAMES COOK (1728-1779)

THOMAS COOK (1808-1892)

GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE (1756–1811)

JAY COOKE (1821–1905)

ROSE TERRY COOKE (1827-1892)

COOKERY (Lat. coquus, a cook)

WILLIAM COOKWORTHY (1705-178o)

COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)

ABRAHAM COOPER (1787—1868)

ALEXANDER COOPER (d. i66o)

CHARLES HENRY COOPER (18o8-1866)

JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851)

PETER COOPER (1791-1883)

SAMUEL COOPER (1609-1672)

SIR ASTLEY PASTON COOPER (1768-1841)

THOMAS COOPER (1759–1840)

THOMAS COOPER (1805–1892)

THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803–1902)

COOPERAGE (from " cooper," a maker of casks, derived from such forms as Mid. Dutch caper, Ger. Kufer, Lat. cuparius; the same root is seen in various Teut. words for a basket, such as Dutch kuip and Eng. " kipe " and " coop, " but cooper is apparently not

COOPERAGE, or COPERAGE (Flemish and Dutch kooper, a trader, dealer)

COORG (an anglicized corruption of Kodagu, said to be derived from the Kanarese Kudu, " steep," " hilly ")

DIRCK VOLCKERTSZOON COORNHERT (1522-1590)

SIR EYRE COOTE (1726-1783)

COPAIBA, or COPAIVA (from Brazilian cupauba)

COPAL (Mexican copalli, incense)

COPALITE, or COPALINE

COPARCENARY (co-, with,. and parcener, i.e. sharer; from O. Fr. par confer, Lat. partitio, division)

COPE (M.E. cape, cope, from Med. Lat. capa, cappa)

EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897)

EDWARD MEREDITH COPE (1818-1873)

COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

COPERNICUS (or KOPPERNIGK), NICOLAUS (1473-1543)

COPING (from " cope," Lat. capa)

ROBERT COPLAND (fi. 1515)

EDWARD COPLESTON (1776-1849)

JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY (1737—1815)

FRANCOIS EDOUARD JOACHIM COPPEE (1842—1908)

HENRY COPPEE (1821-1895)

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

COPPERAS (Fr. couperose; Lat. cupri rosa. the flower of copper)

COPPICE, or COPSE (from an O. Fr. copeis or coupeis, from Late Lat. colpare, to cut with a blow; colpas, the Late Lat. for "blow," is a shortened form of colapus or colaphus, adapted from the Gr. ,co)

COPRA (a Spanish and Portuguese adaptation of the Malay kopperah, and Hindustani khopra, the coco-nut)

COPROLITES (from Gr. KInrpos, dung, and X10os, stone)

COPTOS (Egyptian Keft, Kebto)

COPYING MACHINES

BENOIT CONSTANT COQUELIN (1841-1909)

ATHANASE JOSUE COQUEREL (182o-1875)

ATHANASE LAURENT CHARLES COQUEREL (1795-1868)

COQUES (or Cocx), GONZALEZ (1614-1684)

COQUET (pronounced C6cket)

COQUET (pronounced co-kette)

CORACLE (Welsh corwg-1, from corwg, cf. Irish and mod. Gaelic airsick, boat)

CORALLIAN (Fr. Corallun)

CORALS (KoRAis), ADAMANTIOS [in French, DIAMANT CORAY] (1748–1833)

THOMAS CORAM (1668–1751)

CORBAN (MO, an Aramaic word meaning " a consecrated gift." Josephus uses the word of Nazirites and of the temple treasure of Jerusalem. Such a votive offering lay under a curse if it were diverted to ordinary purposes, like the spoil of Jericho which Acha

WILLIAM OF CORBEIL (d. 1136)

CORBEL (Lat. corbellus, a diminutive of corvus, a raven, on account of the beak-like appearance; Ital. mensola, Fr. corbeau, cul-de-lampe, Ger. Kragstein)

RICHARD CORBET (1582—1635)

CORBIE (Lat. corvus)

GNAEUS DOMITIUS CORBULO (1st century A.D.)

CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

CLUB OF THE CORDELIERS

GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE CORDOBA (1453–15.15)

CORDON (a French derivative of corde, cord)

CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba)

CORDOVA (Span. Cordoba; Lat. Corduba)

AULUS CREMUTIUS CORDUS

ARCANGELO CORELLI (1653-1713)

MARIE CORELLI (1864- )

BELISARIO CORENZIO (c. 1558-1643)

CORFU (anc. and mod. Gr. KEpKvpa or Kopiupa, Lat. Corcyra)

CORI (anc. Cora)

ISTHMUS OF CORINTH

GAIUS CORIOLANUS (or GNAEUS)14IARCIUS

FLAVIUS CRESCONIUS CORIPPUS

CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)

COUNTESS MARY CORK AND ORRERY

RICHARD BOYLE CORK

CORLEONE (Saracen, Korliun)

VICOMTE DE LOUIS MARIE DE LA HAYE CORMENIN (1788-1868)

FERNAND CORMON (1845– )

LOUIS DE CORMONTAINGNE (c. 1697–1752)

CORMORANT (from the Lat. corvus marinus,' through the Fr., in some patois of which it is still " cor marin "; in certain Ital. dialects are the forms " corvo marin " or " corvo marino ")