COTA (Rodriguez), a Spanish poet in the 16th century, was the author of the Tragi-comedia de Calisto y Melibea, which has been translated into Latin by Gaspar Barthius, and into French by James de Lavaradin. The Spaniards set a great value on this performance.

CO-TANGENT, the tangent of an arch which is the complement of another to 90°. See GEOMETRY.