<!-- special entities for dropped initial capitals -->
<!ENTITY Aic "A">
<!ENTITY Bic "B">
<!ENTITY Cic "C">
<!ENTITY Dic "D">
<!ENTITY Eic "E">
<!ENTITY Fic "F">
<!ENTITY Gic "G">
<!ENTITY Hic "H">
<!ENTITY Iic "I">
<!ENTITY Jic "J">
<!ENTITY Kic "K">
<!ENTITY Lic "L">
<!ENTITY Mic "M">
<!ENTITY Nic "N">
<!ENTITY Oic "O">
<!ENTITY Pic "P">
<!ENTITY Qic "Q">
<!ENTITY Ric "R">
<!ENTITY Sic "S">
<!ENTITY Tic "T">
<!ENTITY Uic "U">
<!ENTITY Vic "V">
<!ENTITY Wic "W">
<!ENTITY Xic "X">
<!ENTITY Yic "Y">
<!ENTITY Zic "Z">

<!-- superiors : most of these shd probably be tagged as <abbr> -->
<!ENTITY blesup "ble">
<!ENTITY chsup "ch">
<!ENTITY dsup "d">
<!ENTITY esup "e">
<!ENTITY lsup "£">
<!ENTITY lysup "ly">
<!ENTITY osup "o">
<!ENTITY o.sup "o.">
<!ENTITY r.sup "r.">
<!ENTITY stsup "st">
<!ENTITY tsup "t">
<!ENTITY t.sup "t.">
<!ENTITY thsup "th">
<!ENTITY th.sup "th.">

<!-- various printers and mathematical symbols -->

<!ENTITY amp     "&">
<!ENTITY because "[because]">        <!-- mathematical symbol -->
<!ENTITY cross "+">  <!-- is this dagger? -->
<!ENTITY dcross "++">  <!-- is this double dagger? -->
<!ENTITY deg     "[deg]">  <!-- degree sign -->
<!ENTITY dag     "[dag]">  <!-- dagger -->
<!ENTITY horbar  "">              <!-- horizonal rule -->
<!ENTITY horfill "">        <!-- stretch of horizontal white space -->
<!ENTITY mdash "--">
<!ENTITY middot  ".">
<!ENTITY para "[pilcrow]">  <!-- possibly same as sect mark? -->
<!ENTITY rehy "">                 <!-- record end hyphenation -->
<!ENTITY rphand  "- >">    <!-- right pointing hand -->
<!ENTITY lphand  "< - ">    <!-- left pointing hand -->
<!ENTITY rsup    "r">     <!-- raised (superior) r -->
<!ENTITY rsub    "r">      <!-- lowered (inferior) r -->
<!ENTITY sect   "[sect]">  <!-- section/paragraph mark -->
<!ENTITY therefore "[therefore]">      <!-- mathematical symbol -->
<!ENTITY verbar "|">

<!-- accented characters (mostly in ISO 10646 already) -->

<!ENTITY acirc   "[acirc]">
<!ENTITY aelig   "[ae]">
<!ENTITY AElig   "[AE]">
<!ENTITY agrave  "[agrave]">
<!ENTITY auml  "[auml]">
<!ENTITY ccedil  "[ccedil]">
<!ENTITY eacute  "[eacute]">
<!ENTITY ecirc  "[ecirc]">
<!ENTITY egrave  "[egrave]">
<!ENTITY emacr   "[emacr]">
<!ENTITY Emacr   "[Emacr]">
<!ENTITY icirc   "[icirc]">
<!ENTITY igrave  "[igrave]">
<!ENTITY iuml   "[iuml]">
<!ENTITY euml  "[euml]">
<!ENTITY oacute  "[oacute]">
<!ENTITY ocirc  "[ocirc]">
<!ENTITY ograve  "[ograve]">
<!ENTITY omacr   "[omacr]">
<!ENTITY oelig   "[oe]">
<!ENTITY otilde   "[otilde]">
<!ENTITY ucirc    "[ucirc]">
<!ENTITY ugrave    "[ugrave]">
<!ENTITY wynn      "[wynn]">

<!-- astrological mumbojumbo -->

<!ENTITY aquarius "[aquarius]">
<!ENTITY aries        "[aries]">
<!ENTITY cancer       "[cancer]">
<!ENTITY capricornus  "[capricornus]">
<!ENTITY gemini       "[gemini]">
<!ENTITY jupiter      "[jupiter]">
<!ENTITY leo          "[leo]">
<!ENTITY libra "[libra]">
<!ENTITY mars "[mars]">
<!ENTITY mercury "[mercury]">
<!ENTITY moon "[moon]">
<!ENTITY pisces "[pisces]">
<!ENTITY sagittarius "[sagittarius]">
<!ENTITY saturn "[saturn]">
<!ENTITY scorpio "[scorpio]">
<!ENTITY sun "[sun]">
<!ENTITY taurus "[taurus]">
<!ENTITY venus "[venus]">
<!ENTITY virgo "[virgo]">
<!ENTITY descnode "[descnode]">
<!ENTITY ascnode "[ascnode]">
<!ENTITY min "[min]">
<!ENTITY sec "[sec]">
<!ENTITY rangle "[rangle]">
<!ENTITY ounce "[ounce]">
<!ENTITY dram "[dram]">
<!ENTITY scruple "[scruple]">

<!-- greek characters -->
<!ENTITY apos "'"><!-- breathing mark? -->
<!ENTITY agr "alpha">
<!ENTITY bgr "beta">
<!ENTITY dgr "delta">
<!ENTITY egr "eta">
<!ENTITY ggr "gamma">
<!ENTITY kgr "kappa">

