Chapter I: Front Matter

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

All changes noted in the ERRATA on page 303 have been applied to
the etext.

As well as several words in Greek, Hebrew and Sanskrit, some unusual
characters are used in this book. These will display on this
device as
► (black right-pointing pointer, or wedge)
☞ (white right-pointing index)
⁂ (asterism) (the original book used inverted asterisms.)

The ☞ symbol was used extensively to indicate that more information
could be found in the Appendix. However, as the publisher notes at
the end of the book, the Appendix was not in fact included in this
volume. A second volume was planned but was never published.

The initials of a contributor of an entry, when present, have been
consistently placed at the end of the entry text. They were sometimes
right-aligned or placed on a separate line in the original book. A
list of the names of the contributors can be found on page 302 at the
end of this book.

The pointer ☞ to the (non-existent) Appendix, when present, has been
consistently placed at the end of the entry. It was almost always
right-aligned or placed on a separate line in the original book.

Some changes to the text are noted at the end of the book.

The Treasury of Languages.

A

RUDIMENTARY DICTIONARY

OF

UNIVERSAL PHILOLOGY.

DANIEL iii. 4.

עממיא אמיא ולשניא

HALL AND Co., 25, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON.

[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]

ADVERTISEMENT.

The following compilation presents the mere skeleton outline of a great subject; and, in submitting it to public notice, acknowledgment is most justly due to Messrs. BAGSTER AND SONS, for permission to use the literary matter of their interesting and instructive volume, the “Bible in Every Land;” and to Messrs. LONGMANS & CO., for a like favour with regard to Dr. Latham’s “Elements of Comparative Philology,” a laborious, learned, and useful book, without which the present volume could not have been produced.

The compiler readily apologises for any defects in his matter and manner; and takes this opportunity to thank his respected contributors, hereby exonerating them from any responsibility except for their own signed articles.

A list of signatures and writers will be found in the Appendix.

25, PATERNOSTER ROW,
_February 7th, 1873_.