Gravamen Gravedo Graven Gravid Graficidy Gravity Gravitation Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury
(Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine,
Hygiene
and Panacea) Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals
with Clients
~ GRAVAMEN id+ | A BURDEN or TAX |
an IMPOSITION or
IMPOST = FEE DUTY LEVY TAX
TOLL TARIFF
~ GRAVE id+ | HEAVY |
id+ | TOMB CATACOMB |
TO BURY also SOMBER SOLEMN SERIOUS or
IMPORTANT WEIGHTY GRAVID
lat GRAVIS = HEAVY
sp GRAVE SERIOUS BURDENSOME also
skrt GURUS HEAVY
ply> | TAXES and GURUS
MAY BE LIKE A FORCE ENFORCING A
BURDENSOME IMPOSITION particularly when
TAXING GRAVIDITY or GRAVES |
med> GRAVE IMPLIES SEVERE or SERIOUS as in
"HEAVY" opp to "LIGHT or SLIGHT"
art> in music GRAVE is opp to ACUTE as in
LOW PITCH vs HIGH TONE of SOUND
~ GRAVEDO med> "COLD" as in A HEAVY HEAD
~ GRAVEN id+ | WEIGHTY as in IMPORTANT HEAVY |
id+ | OBJECTS FOR WORSHIP |
as in GRAVEN IMAGE implies
hx> IN THE BIBLE THE SECOND COMMANDMENT DECREES
"THOU SHALL NOT MAKE UNTO THEE sug> GRAVE
ANY GRAVEN IMAGE" sug> SOLEMN
note contrast with ICON <sug> ICONOGRAPHY
JEWS AND MOSLEMS DO NOT ACCEPT IMAGES OF GOD AS DO
MANY CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS GROUPS
~ GRAVID id+ | HEAVY |
~ GRAFICIDY
in sp EMBARAZO or
lat GRAVIDA
sp GRAVIDA = GRAVIDITY or HEAVY or
eng EMBARRASSED ENCUMBERED AS DOES A GESTATION
EMBARAZOSO CUMBERSOME sug> DIGEST
sp TUMBAR FALL
TUMBA TOMB
eng CATACOMB CRYPT
lat CATA FALL DOWN
see> CATACLYSM see> CATALOG
~ GRAVITY or GRAVITATION sug> CATALEPSY
or PREGNANCY as in GESTATION
sc> FORCE ATTRACTING MASSIVE BODIES denoted by
g or G AT MEAN SEA LEVEL
THE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE OF THE EARTH
ACCELERATES FALLING BODIES BY 9.8 METERS PER SECOND SQUARED
ply> | ENTOMB ENTER INTERN INTER BURROW BURRY
may lend a BURIAL A GRAVID or GRAVE GRIEVANCE or
a DEADLY GRAVIDITY to an already GRAVID and EMBARRASSING
TAXING ENTOMBMENT | see> CATA~
see> AGGRAVATE sug> GRIEF sug> GRIEVANCE
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