~ DIGIT    id+ | FINGER |  or 
^u         id+ | STICK LIKE | see> DACTYL~           
           myth> IDAEAN or see> DACTYLI 
~ DIGITAL  see> FINGER     sug> FIGURE
           note links with COUNTING 
  sp  DEDO      = FINGER or TOE from
  lat DIGITUS     FINGER   DIGITI = PLURAL
  eng DIGITAL     PERFORMED BY FINGER
      DEDUCT      COUNTED ON FINGERS
  sp  PULGAR      THUMB <see next
      PULGA       FLEA
      PULGADA     INCH
  ukr PALECZ      DIGIT or FINGER
      PALKA       STICK ROD  POLE 
  ply> | THUMBS CAN INCH TOWARD A FLEA TO CRUSH IT |       
  biol> DIGITALIN IS A CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE EXTRACTED from
        DIGITALIS PURPUREA WHICH HAS FINGER LIKE LEAVES OF
  THE COROLLA OF ITS FLOWERS            ukr KOROL = KING
  med> DIGITALIS or                         KORONA  CROWN
       PURPLE FOXGLOVE IS USED TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH
  OF CARDIAC CONTRACTIONS or BEAT       sp CORAZON = HEART
  THE CHEMICAL NAME OF THE COMPOUND IS DIGOXIN   
  sc> DIGITAL COMPUTERS OPERATE BY COMPUTING TWO DIGITS 
      0 for NOT and 1 for YES and DECIMAL NUMBERS DERIVED FROM
  THE BINARY CODE as in 00=0  01=1  11=2  etc
  note USE or ABUSE INTRODUCED BY DIGITAL COMPUTERS
  ROOT IMPLICATION   COMPUTER PARLANCE  POWER OF BASE 10
  gr  KHILIOI  KILO         K           3 =         1000
      PETA     FIVE                     
      MEGAS    BIG          MEG         6 =      1000000
  lat GIGAS    GIGANTIC     GIG         9 =   1000000000
  gr  TERAS    MONSTER      TERA        

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