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Ocular Occult Oculist Oculus
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

~ OCULAR   id+ | SIGHT thus OPENING |
^u         for closely related entries
     see> OPHTHALMIA          see> EYE
     see>  EYE                see> VISION
     see>  OPTIC              see> VISTA
     lat   OCULARIUS        = PERTAINING THE EYE
           OCULUS             EYE or SIGHT or VIEW or
           OCULATUS TESTIS    EYE WITNESS
     med>  OCULARIUS MEDICUS  OCULIST
     biol> OCULATA            SEA FISH WITH GREAT EYES
     med>  OCULI MUTANTES     DOZING EYES
     myth> OCULUS MUNDI       SUN
     hx>   OCULUS             CEILING OPENING OR WINDOW
                              in classic architecture
                              opening in a CUPOLA
     lit+  OCULE ME           to denote MY DEAREST
                              BEAUTY  ORNAMENT
                              A BUD JUST PUTTING FORTH
     ukr>  OKO                EYE
           OKULARY            EYEGLASSES or EYE GLASSES
     sp    OJO                EYE
       ANTEOJOS               EYEGLASSES  SPECTACLES
       ANTOJO                 WHIM  DESIRE
     old ger  OUGA            EYE
     ger      AUGEN           EYES
     lit+     OGLE            or OGLING
                              in sp ANTOJO
                              implies AMOROUS GLANCES
                                      WHIM    DISIRE
~ OCCULT   id+ | BEYOND NORMAL VISION |
          id+ | MYSTERY | however note cautionary comments
     lat  OC        = prefix for AGAINST BUT
          OCCO        TO BREAK LUMPS OF "DIRT"
          OCCULO      TO COVER mostly roots
     ukr  OKO         EYE HAS A COVER or EYELIDS
     note             spelling OCC not OC in
     eng  OCCULT      and
     lat  OCCULTO     HID
                      simplified in sp to OCULTO
~ OCULIST from
~ OCULUS  see> above for EYE EYEBALL EYE GLOBE
          med> note INOCULATE from the link of
  OCULUS with BUD BUDDING which were seen as the
  EYE or CENTER of impending growth
  see> SIGHT  see> VISION
 
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