=Zeno´bia.= A celebrated princess of Palmyra, the wife of Odenatus. After her husband's death, the Roman emperor Aurelian declared war against her. She took the field with seven hundred thousand men, and though at first successful, she was eventually conquered. Aurelian, when she became his prisoner, treated her with great humanity and consideration. She was admired for her literary talents as well as her military abilities. =Zeux´is.= A celebrated painter born at Heraclea. He flourished 468 years before the Christian era. He painted some grapes so naturally that the birds came to peck them on the canvas; but he was disgusted with the picture, because the man painted as carrying the grapes was not natural enough to frighten the birds. =Zo´ilus.= A sophist and grammarian of Amphipolis, B.C. 259. He became known by his severe criticisms on the works of Isocrates and Homer. =Zoroas´ter.= A king of Bactria, supposed to have lived in the age of Ninus, king of Assyria, some time before the Trojan war. He rendered himself known by his deep researches in philosophy. He admitted no visible object of devotion except fire, which he considered the proper emblem of a Supreme Being. He was respected by his subjects and contemporaries for his abilities as a monarch, a lawgiver, and a philosopher, and though many of his doctrines may be deemed puerile, he had many disciples. The religion of the Parsees of the present day was founded by Zoroaster. =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 Constantine. A LIST OF COMMON ABBREVIATIONS OF WORDS USED IN WRITING AND PRINTING. =A 1=, first class. =a= or =aa= (Gr. _ana_), in _med._, of each the same quantity. =A.B.=, Bachelor of Arts. =A.D.= (L. _anno Domini_), in the year of our Lord. =ad lib.=, or =ad libit.= (L. _ad libitum_), at pleasure. =Æ.=, =Æt.= (L. _ætatis_), of age; aged. =A.M.= (L. _artium magister_), Master of Arts. =A.M.= (L. _ante meridiem_), before noon. =A.M.= (L. _anno mundi_), in the year of the world. =anon.=, anonymous. =A.R.A.=, Associate of the Royal Academy. =A.R.S.A.=, Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy. =A.R.S.S.= (L. _antiquariorum regiæ societatis socius_), Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries. =AS.=, Anglo-Saxon. =A.U.C.= (L. _anno urbis conditæ_, or _anno ab urbe conditâ_), in the year of, or from the building of the city, viz., Rome. =B.A.=, Bachelor of Arts. =Bart.= or =Bt.=, Baronet. =B.C.=, before Christ. =B.C.L.=, Bachelor of Civil Law. =B.D.=, Bachelor of Divinity. =B.LL.=, also =LL.B.=, Bachelor of Laws. =B.Sc.=, Bachelor of Science.