Szegedin

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

a town of Hungary; at the confluence of the Maros with the Theiss, 118 miles S. E. of Budapest. This town was almost completely destroyed by a terrible flood in March, 1879, out of 6,566 houses, 6,235 being overwhelmed. Since then it has been rebuilt, and now possesses very handsome public buildings, including a town hall , postoffice, law courts, theater, barracks, etc., and is protected against inundations by a double ring ring of embankments . The Theiss is spanned by a couple of railway bridges and a fine suspension bridge (1,940 feet long), designed by Eiffel. Szegedin manufactures soap, spirits, matches, soda, tobacco, coarse cloth, etc., and carries on an extensive river trade in wood, corn, and wool. A specialty of the place is paprika, a kind of capsicum. From 1526 to 1686 it was occupied by the Turks. Close by Haynau defeated the Hungarians Aug. 3, 1849. Pop. about 118,000. SZE-MA, or SUMA KWANG, one of the most eminent statesmen and writers of China, and as a historian second only to Sze-ma Ts'ien; born in 1009. He is renowned as the author of "The Comprehensive Mirror of History," in 294 books, the labor of 19 years. It covers a period from the beginning of the 4th century B. C. to A. D. 960. He died in 1086. T, t, the 20th letter and the 16th consonant of the English alphabet, is a phaisan. Th represents an lied to d, both being dentals. It is formed by pressing the tip of the tongue closely against the root of the upper teeth, and differs from d only in being non-vocal, while d is uttered with the voice. T followed by h in the same syllable has two distinct sounds; the one surd or breathed, as in think, thank, thought; the other sonant, or vocal, as in this, that, though. Ti before a vowel, and unaccented, usually passes into sh, as in nation, portion, partial, which are pronounced nashon, porshon, parshal. When s or x precedes ti, the t retains its proper sound, as in question, though before u it is often softened into ch (as in church), as also is such words as mixture, posture, etc. In accordance with Grimm's lav law, t in English (as also in Dutch, Icelandic, Gothic, etc.) is represented in Latin, Greek and Sanskrit by d, and in German by s or z. Thus English tooth (for tonth) =Latin dens (genitive dentis), Greek odous (genitive odontos), Sanskrit dant, German zahn, Old High German zand; English heart Latin cor (genitive cordis), Greek kardia, Sanskrit kridaya, German herza; English eat Latin edo, Greek edō, Sanskrit ad, Old High German ëzan, German ersen. If the t is preceded by s, this rule does not apply, as in English stand= Latin sto, Greek histēmi, German stehen. Th in English, etc., is represented in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit by by t, and in German by d; thus, English thou Latin tu, Greek tu, Sanskrit tvam, German du, English three Latin tres, Greek Treis, Sanskrit tri, Old High German dri, dri German drei. In a few instances t in English represents an 1 in Latin, as in tear (s.) Latin lacrima. T has crept in (1) after s, as in behest, amongst, against, amidst, whilst, betwixt; (2) in tyrant Old French tiran, Latin tyrannus; parchment=Old French parchemin; cormorant = French cormoran; ancient = 0 T French ancien; pheasant=Old French original sharp, mute, consonant, and closely al- d in hither, thither, whether, faith =Old French feid, Latin fides. T is often doubled in the middle of words, occasionally at the end, as in butt, mitt. Tis often used to denote things of the shape of the capital letter; T-bandage, T-square, etc. T, as a symbol, is used in numerals for 160, and with a stroke over it for 160,000. Marked with a t; a thief, an expression equivalent to the trim literarum homo of Plautus. The English phrase derives its force from the fact that thieves were formerly branded in the hand with the letter T. To at: Exactly; to a nicety; with the utmost exactness; as, that fits me to a t.