Leto

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~ LETO  or LATONA  see> LOCHIA
^u      id+ | BERTH BIRTH COT |
  id+ | LITERAL LAY LAW |
  eng   LITTER      BROOD      sug> DIRT
  ukr   BRUD        DIRT       sug> DRAB
  hx>               perhaps from scattering dirty
                    STRAW historically used for BEDDING
  sp    LITERA      COT        sug> CRIB
        LEKHOS      BED        sug> LOGOS
  ukr   LISHKO      BED        sug> BERTH
        LEZHYTY     RECLINE    sug> SOFA
  eng   LOW         relates to
        LIE         and
        LAID        relates to
        LIAR        FRAUD
        LIEN        LIABILITY and evolves into
        LAW         ESTABLISH or "LAY" THE LAW
        LAIR        LEGER or BED
  lat   LECTUS      COUCH      sug> DIALECT
        LECTULUS    SETTEE     sug> LECTURE
  sp    LECHO       BED        sug> DIALECTIC
  lat   LECTICA     COT  BED   sug> LITERAL
  ital  LETTO       BED        sug> BEDDING
  sp    LECHO       same       sug> DRIP
  lat   LETUM       DEATH      sug> LETHAL
  ger   LAGER       BED also
                    CONCENTRATION CAMP
  ukr   LAHATY      TO BECOME PROSTRATE  sug> PROSTATE
  gr    LOKHIOS     CONCERNING BIRTH or DELIVERY
        LOCHEOS     DISCHARGE also
        LOKHIA      same
  med>              POST PARTUM VAGINAL DISCHARGE
  lat   LOQUAX      LOQUACIOUS  FLUID SPEECH
  eng   LOQUACIOUS  "RUNNING MOUTH"
  see>  LOCHIA
  myth> LETO WAS THE DAUGHTER OF
        TITANS COEUS & PHOEBE
  HER SISTERS WERE ASTERIA AND ORTYGIA
  IMPREGNATED AND ABANDONED BY ZEUS
  SHE FOUND REFUGE IN DELOS WHERE SHE DELIVERED APOLLO
  AFTER BEING TORMENTED BY HERA
  WHO ASKED THE PYTHON TO CHASE LETO AND
  DECLARED THAT LETO COULD NOT GIVE BIRTH
  ON ANY SPOT ON THE EARTH WHERE THE SUN SHONE
  ZEUS ASKED POSEIDON AND BOREAS FOR HELP
  POSEIDON WAS STEADFAST or ADAMANT TO HELP AND
  ANCHORED A FLOATING ISLAND ORTYGIA
  ON FOUR ADAMANTINE PILLASTERS WHILE
  BOREAS BLEW A STORM TO RAISE A CURTAIN OF
  SEA WATER TO SHADE THE SITE FROM THE SUN
  SO LETO FOUND A SAFE BERTH FOR HER CHILDBIRTH LABOR
  BUT HERA DETAINED EILEITHYIA THE GODDESS OF CHILDBIRTH
  WHILE LETO WAS SUFFERING TERRIBLE LABOR PAINS
  EILEITHYIA FOUND A WAY TO TO HELP LETO IN SECRET AND
  AFTER NINE DAYS THE TWINS ARTEMIS AND APOLLO WERE BORN
  sp LUZ          = LIGHT
     DAR A LUZ      DELIVER
     ALUMBRAMIENTO  CHILDBIRTH
     ALUMBRAR       ILLUMINATE
     LUMBRE         LIGHT
  note ARTEMIS AS SOON AS BORN AND WITH HER
       CAPACITIES OF A DEITY RUSHED TO HELP
  LETO DELIVER APOLLO
  THE SUFFERING OF LETO INDUCED ARTEMIS TO VOW
  THAT SHE WOULD NEVER BE PREGNANT
  AFTER HER CHILDBIRTH LETO JOURNEYED
  FROM DELOS TO LYCIA BUT LYCIAN PEASANTS
  PREVENTED LETO FROM USING THEIR PONDS
  EITHER TO DRINK OR WASH HER TWINS
  LEDA ASKED THE GODS TO TRANSFORM THEM INTO FROGS
  this story is told beautifully by
  OVID [#] in his "METAMORPHOSIS"
  other popular stories concern
  see> APOLLO killing the see> PYTHON in a place
  named PYTHI a site that became see> DELPHI
  where APOLLO was worshipped and where the
  see> PYTHIAN GAMES and see> ORACLE PROPHESIZED
  PYTHIAN leads to see> PUTRID  sug> PUS  see> PYORRHEA