Transcriber’s Note:

The original text was printed in two columns, which cannot be replicated here.

As is common in dictionaries, each column is headed with a three-letter indication of the first and last articles on that page. This feature is not feasible here.

Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s [note] at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation.

There are several unusual Greek characters employed in this text:

ȣligature of ‘ου’
ϛstigma, a ligature of ‘στ’
ϖa cursive variant of ‘π’, almost always used as the first character of a word.
ϐa cursive variant of ‘β’, used in any position other than the first character, which appears as ‘β’.

The map appearing as the [frontispiece], as well as those facing pp. [76], [524], [724], [728] serve as links to larger versions of those maps.

There are maps appearing as the [frontispiece], as well as facing pp. [76], [524], [724], [728] in the original.

The cover image has been created, based on title page information, and is added to the public domain.