Zos´imus

A Greek historian who lived about the year 410 of the Christian era. He wrote a history of some of the Roman emperors, which is characterized by graceful diction, but he indulges in malevolent and vituperative attacks on the Christians in his History of Const an tine. a LIST OF COMMON ABBREVIATIONS OF WORDS USED IN WRITING AND PRINTING. A , B , C , D , E , F , G , H , I , J , K , L , M , N , O , P , Q , R , S , T , U , V , W , X , Y . A 1 , first cla . a or aa (Gr. ana ), in med. , of each the same quantity.