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~ MAIN ENTRY as in ~ ADAM
also A TAG to denote PREFIX or SUFFIX as in ANT~ or ~I
also in entries continued in an ADDENDA indicated as
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~! ALTERED ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE as in ~! altseq
~& MAIN ENTRY CONTINUED in THE ADDENDA as in ~& ADAM
NOTE these files are under development
& PARENTHOOD COUPLE as in ZEUS & HERA
= TRANSLATION or RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORDS
? UNCERTAIN INDEFINITE IFFY
> POINTS TO A FOLLOWING ITEM as in see>
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id+ IDEA or CONCEPT
lit+ POETRY LITERATURE or CLASSIC SOURCES
[#] REFERENCE CITATION shown in the TEXT ONLY
[1] REFERENCE or CITATION
[1]! MAJOR REFERENCE or CITATION
( ) COMMENT CLARIFICATION
{ } EDITORIAL NOTE
abbr ABBREVIATION
AC AC for AFTER CHRIST or AD for ANNO DOMINI
AD from ANNO DOMINI or AC for AFTER CHRIST
ak AKIN
alt ALTERNATIVE ANOTHER VERSION
altseq ALTERED ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE
angsax AGLO SAXON or ANGLOSAXON
arab ARABIC
arach ARACHNIDA or SPIDERS
art> ARTS
arthr ARTHROPOD ORGANISMS WITH SEGMENTED BODIES AND LIMBS
astr> ASTRONOMY
attr ATTRIBUTED
ave BIRD from Latin
BC BEFORE CHRIST
biol> BIOLOGY and BIOLOGIC TERMS
bot PLANT all FLORA
bulg BULGARIAN
c CIRCA eg it may be shown as c1501 or c 1501
cont> CONTINUED
crust CRUSTACEAN from lat CRUSTA = SHELL
divin> for SUPERSTITION or DIVINATION CHARM OMEN
eg from EXEMPLI GRATIA as in e.g.
eng ENGLISH
fr FRENCH
gr GREEK
ger GERMAN
heb HEBREW
hin HINDUSTANI or HINDI may denote HINDUISM
hx> HISTORY
idem SAME IDENTICAL or SIMILAR
ie from ID EST as in i.d. = THAT IS
indeur INDO EUROPEAN or INDOEUROPEAN
incl INCLUDED INCLUSIVE
ins INSECT
ital ITALIAN
kw KEY WORD for Editorial use only to be deleted
lat LATIN
lith LITHUANIAN
mamm MAMMAL
maxim> APHORISM or MOTTO SLOGAN CLICHE PROVERB PRECEPT
med> MEDICAL SCIENCES
moll MOLLUSCA from lat MOLUSCUS = SOFT
myth> MYTHOLOGY
opp OPPOSITE
or! for editorial original use (to be deleted)
pisc FISH from lat piscis
pl PLANT
ply> "WORDPLAY" or PLAY-PLY with WORDS more emphatic than sug>
pp PAGE
pol POLISH
port PORTUGUESE
re IN REFERENCE or IN REGARDS TO
rept REPTILE
rus RUSSIAN
sc> SCIENCE (excluding biology and medicine)
see> SOURCE OF FURTHER INFORMATION
skt SANSKRIT or SANSCRIT
slav SLAVONIC or SLAVIC or SLAV
slur> or slur SLANDER DEFAMATION
sp SPANISH
sug> CONSIDER SEEK NOTE less emphatic than ply>
symb> or symb FOR SYMBOLISM
ukr UKRAINIAN
US same as USA which is preferred
USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA or of NORTH AMERICA
vern> or vern implies COLLOQUIALISM
vid VIDE as in vid. SAME AS see or see>
vs VERSUS as in vs. for AGAINST or OPPOSITE
viz or viz. from lat VIDELICET = NAMELY
TRANSLITERATIONS from CYRILLIC ALPHABET
indicates a sound as in
E = HEET
Y HIT
YJ E+Y
S SEAL
Z ZEAL
ZH SH plus Y no good equivalent
CH CH as in CHE CHOP
SH SHOE
SCH SH+CH sh+CHERRY or SCHERRY
CZ as TZ from T + Z = CZERO
H HOT
KHA K+H (hard H)
IU EW as in NEW
SZ as in SGI
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