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Equa Equal Equable Equinox Equity Equanimity Equation
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ EQUA~  from lat see> AEQUUS  as if
^u       LEVEL         EVEN
         opp  lat      INIQUUS or
                       INEQUITAS
                       INEQUITY
     hx> note MUCH IS DERIVED FROM THE FACT THAT
         IN ROME THE EQUITES OR BUSINESSMEN WERE
     THE DESCENDANTS OF EARLY ROMAN CAVALRY OFFICERS
     implied
     id+ | THE RICH or
           THOSE WHO COULD AFFORD A HORSE |
     ply> | perhaps MONEY MAKES FOR THE RICH FACING JUSTICE
            "MORE EQUAL" JUSTICE | or alternatively
     | perhaps in ROMAN TIMES
       MONEY or FORTUNE  IMPLIED
       GREATER MORAL OBLIGATIONS
            TO BE EQUITABLE |
~ EQUABLE   MADE EQUAL
~ EQUAL     SAME  EVEN  UNIFORM  PAR  PAIR
            LEVEL  FLAT  PLANE
            UNCONCERNED  EQUANIMITY  JUSTICE
            consider INEQUITY
                     EGALITARIAN
                     EGALITARIANISM
              note EQUADOR
                   EQUATOR
                   EQUINOX
                   EQUILIBRIUM
                   EQUATE
                 ADEQUATE
               INADEQUATE
~ EQUANIMITY  COMPOSURE
              CALM
              SERENE
              SELF POSSESSED
     lat AEQUUS      = EVEN  LEVEL
         AEQUANIMITAS  EVEN or EQUANIMOUS MIND
     lat  EQUA         EQUAL  LEVEL
             ANIMA     SOUL or MIND
     sp      ANIMA     ESSENCE OF LIFE
                       VALUE   VALOR
             ANIMAL    ANIMATED
~ EQUATION   SEEKING EQUITY
             as in TO EQUALIZE
             or BALANCE
~ EQUES  or plural EQUITES from
         lat EQUUS    = HORSE  see> EQUINE
             EQUITES    ROMAN SOCIAL CLASS
     hx> ROMAN DECORATION or AWARD TO SELECTED MEN
         HONORED AS KNIGHTS WHO LATER BECAME A
     PRIVILEGED CLASS or NOBLES the equivalent of our
     BUSINESS CLASS   the other two social Roman
     citizen classes were the
     PATRICIANS and the PLEBEIANS
     note for the most part NOBLEMEN FORGOT
     the adage " NOBLESSE OBLIGE " AND
     TRANSFORMED OBLIGATIONS INTO ENTITLEMENTS
     akin to MODERN POLITICIANS WHO
             ONCE ELECTED TO SERVE "THE PEOPLE"
     SHIFT TOWARD SERVING "SELF"
              ply> | USE OF EQUITY
                     may promote INEQUITY |
~ EQUESTRIAN  lat EQUUS = HORSE or
                          CABALLUS   see> EQUITY
              id+ | TITLE FOR NOBILITY
                    ASCRIBING TO ITSELF
     AN IMPLICIT EQUILIBRIUM or EQUANIMITY
     sp   CABALLERO = GENTLEMAN
     eng  CAVALIER    INFORMAL  CONTEMPTUOUS
          slur> TO BEHAVE LIKE A CLAVALIER
~ EQUI~   prefix from lat AEQUUS
          to denote EQUALITY as in
          EQUILATERAL  EQUILIBRIUM
~ EQUINE  id+ | A HORSE AS A TOOL OF WAR
                GAVE HORSEMEN or CAVALRY
                A SPECIAL STATUS |
              biol> EQUUS CABALLUS = HORSE
~ EQUINOX  id+ | POINT IN THE YEAR WHEN
                 DAYLIGHT LASTS AS LONG AS NIGHT |
           see> SOLSTICE
~ EQUITY   id+ | JUSTICE and MONEY |
          id+ | CAPITAL CONFUSED WITH JUSTICE |
  lat AEQUALIS leads to QUALITY
  consider EQUALITY  EQUATE  EQUATOR  EQUITY
           INEQUALITY  INIQUITY
  ADEQUATE  INADEQUATE
  EQUANIMITY  EQUILIBRATE  EQUILIBRIUM
  EQUINOX  EQUITY
  EQUIDISTANT  EQUINOX  EQUIVALENT
  id+ | EQUATION implies TO LEVEL | or
      TO EQUATE or MAKE NEARLY EQUAL
  as in EQUILIBRIUM
  consider ideas related to EQUINE EQUITY
  also note how
       DOG and HORSE as
       ANIMALS CLOSE TO MAN have
  a DUAL TERMINOLOGY to denote
  LOVE and CONTEMPT  as in
  HORSE  STEED  FILLY  GELDING and HACK leading to
  HAG    NAG
  note EQUITY PRIVILEDGE
  gr          GENEO    BIRTH  RACE
  old Frisian KINN     KINDRED
  old Norse   KYN      RACE
  ukr         KIN      HORSE
  eng         KIND     NATURE NATIVE INNATE NATURAL
              KINDRED  OF SIMILAR KIND as in AKIN
              KING     TOP NOBLEMAN or TOP KNAVE
              KNIGHT   MILITARY SERVANT of a KING
              KNAVE    KNIGHT WHO ABUSES THE KNIFE
  ger         KNECHT   SERVANT
              KIND     CHILD and
                       KINDERGARTEN
                       KINDERGARDEN
  lat EQUUS            HORSE leads to
      EQUES            ROMAN KNIGHT
      EQUESTER         A ROMAN SOCIAL CLASS  as in CAPITALIST
      EQUITATIO        HORSEMANSHIP
  lat CABALLUS         HORSE
  sp  CABALLERO        KNIGHT as in MAN ON HORSE  GENTLEMAN
  eng CAVALRY          or EQUESTRIAN ORDER  KNIGHT
  ply> | KINSHIP is evident in CAVALRY and HORSES or  or!
         EQUITY EQUANIMOUS EQUESTRIANS or
  KINEMATIC and CINEMA  KING and KNIGHTS or
  KINDERGARTEN  KINDER  KIND  KIDDING |
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