Earth

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~ EARTH  start see> GAIA
^u       id+ | TERRA as in TERRIFIC TERRITORY |
         id+ | GAIA  as in GEA GEOGRAPHY |
         id+ | SPHERE  GLOBE |        sug> ATMOSPHERE
  gr ERA   = EARTH                    sug> DIRT
  Armenian   ERKIR     idem           sug> AEON
  sp         ERA       TO BE  from    sug> EPOCH
             SER       A BEING        sug> BEAST
             SEMIA     FAMILY
             ZEMLA     EARTH  TERRITORY
             ZEMLAK    COUNTRYMEN
  old ger    HEIMA     HOME
             HEIMR     VILLAGE  FARM  FAMILY
  lat        TERRA     DRY LAND       sug> TERRESTRIAL
  sp       TERREMOTO EARTHQUAKE     sug> TERROR
  sp       TIERRA    WORLD          sug> TERRARIUM
           TIERRA    EARTH          sug> SOIL
           MUNDO     WORLD or       sug> TERRACE
                     MUNDANE
         INMUNDO     FILTHY
  eng     EARTHY     WORLDLY also
                     EROTIC
                     ARDOR
                     PEDESTRIAN
  bulg      ZEMYA    EARTH and
                     WHERE EARTH TOUCHES THE SKY
        KRAIZEMYA    HORIZON
  ukr       ZEMLA    EARTH  GROUND
            ZEMLAK   COMPATRIOT  HE or
                     SHE WHO SHARE THE SAME LAND
  bulg  KRAISVET     PLOW  CUT THE EARTH
  ukr   KRAI         CUT or COUNTRY
            SVIT     WORLD or UNIVERSE
            SVITLO   LIGHT
           OSVITA    EDUCATION or WORLDLY VISTAS
  lat        VITA    VITAL  LIFE
             VISTA   VISION
  sp    ARAR         TILL
  eng   ARABLE       TILLABLE
  ukr   ORATY        TILL
  ply> | PERHPAS ORATORY or like "OPEN YOU MOUTH" and
         like "TILL or OPEN THE EARTH " |
  hx> THE ANCIENT KNEW
      THE EARTH WAS A SPHERE
  BUT THE VATICAN DENIED SUCH FACT
  FOR AS LONG AS IT COULD
  lit+ " ... OF BODIES CHANGED
         TO OTHER FORMS ...
  IN ONE CONTINUOUS SONG
  FROM NATURE'S FIRST REMOTE BEGINNINGS ...
  NATURE WAS FIRST ...
  ALL ONE
  WELL NAMED ... CHAOS
  A RAW AND UNDIVIDED MASS
  NAUGHT BUT A LIFELESS BULK ...
  ELEMENTS COMPRESSED TOGETHER ...
  NO SUN ...
  NO WAXING MOON ...
  NOT IN THE AMBIENT AIR YET HUNG THE EARTH ...
  NOTHING KEPT ITS FORM ...
  ALL OBJECTS WERE AT ODDS ...
  COLD ESSENCE FAUGHT WITH HOT ...
  THIS STRIFE A GOD
  WITH NATURE'S BLESSING SOLVED ...
  EACH FROM THE BLIND HEAP FREED ...
  APPROPRIATE IN PEACE AND HARMONY ...
  REDUCED THE PRIMAL MATTER
  AND PRESCRIBED ITS SEVERAL PARTS
  THEN FIRST TO MAKE THE EARTH
  EVEN ON EVERY SIDE
  HE ROUNDED IT
  INTO A MIGHTY SPHERE ..."
  from Metamorphoses by OVID [13] book i,1
  cont> see> CLIMATE
  note that in English EARTH is
       degraded into see> DIRT   see> SOIL
  id+ | perhaps EARTH SHOULD BE REGARDED AS
        A LIVING BEING or AN ORGANISM |
  as proposed by the term GAEA
  lit+ " CONSTANTLY REGARD THE UNIVERSE
         AS ONE LIVING BEING
  HAVING ONE SUBSTANCE AND ONE SOUL ..." from
  Marcus Aurelius or Aurelian Book III   [72]
  lit+ " NATURE HAS HAD REGARD IN EVERYTHING
         NO LESS TO THE END THAN TO THE BEGINNING
  AND THE CONTINUANCE "       from Book VIII [74]
  id+ | CONTINUANCE MAY BE THREATENED BY
        WHICHEVER AND WHOMEVER ANNIHILATES ANY SPECIES
  SINCE THE SAME CAUSE or ACTION
  MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE ANNIHILATION OF
  OTHER SPECIES INCLUDING HUMANITY |
  myth> EARTH represented by GAEA or TERRA
        note AMONG SLAVIC PEOPLE         sug> SLAVISH
  THE EARTH WAS CREATED BY GOD           sug> DIVINE
  WITH THE HELP OF THE DEVIL             sug> DUAL
  id+ | PEDESTRIANS                      sug> COMMON
        ON TERRESTRIAL TERRITORY         sug> EARTHY
        EXPRESS A DUALITY BY A           sug> LOWLY
        FREE WILL or CHOICE              sug> MUNDANE
        BETWEEN GOOD or EVIL |           sug> ORDINARY
  hx> BY MANY THE EARTH IS CONSIDERED
      NOT AS DIRT BUT AS PURE
  IT WAS VENERATED BY THE INCAS
  in Quechua PACHA MAMA or MOTHER EARTH    for MATTER
             TATA  INTAI   CELESTIAL BEING for SPIRIT
  A BULGARIAN PLOWMAN
  KISSED THE EARTH BEFORE
  WOUNDING or PLOWING AND
  SO DOES THE PONTIFF OF ROME
  WHEN STEPPING ON THE GROUND AS
  A VISITOR TO A COUNTRY
  perhaps DIRT IMPLIES AN ARROGANT
          CONTEMPT TOWARD NATURE or
  WILDERNESS PERHAPS ORINITATING IN
  IDEAS LINKED WITH                sug> BEAST
  BIBLICAL INTERPRETATIONS and     sug> WILD
  adapted by                       sug> ANIMAL
  INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES AS      sug> MATERIALISM
  UTILITARIANISM                   sug> BENTHAM
  ply> | AS THE EARTH IS DENUDED   sug> SCRAP
         BY HUMAN ENTERPRISES      sug> SCRAPE
  THE LAND BECOMES SOILED          sug> DEFILED
   BY HUMAN LANDSCAPES |           sug> PANORAMA
  biol> FROM AFAR THE EARTH        sug> ORGANIZED
        SEEMS "ALIVE" AND          sug> ORGAN
  CAN BE SEEN AS AN ORGANISM
  NAMED BY SOME "GAEA"
  THE EARTH IS ADAPTIVE AND ADEPT
  AT CAPTURING AND PROCESSING
  SOLAR ENERGY BY LIVING ORGANISMS
  sug> LIVE LIVER LIFE
  sug> TERRA leads to TERRACE  TERRAIN  TERRIER
       TERRITORY  TUREEN  INTERMENT
  MEDITERRANEAN  SUBTERRANEAN  TURMERIC etc
  GAEA leads to GEOGRAPHY  GRAPHIC  etc
  cont> see> TERRA
  see> DIRT
  see> SOIL