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Eye Eyesight Eyeball Eyelet
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

~ EYE       id+ | OPENING like a WINDOW |
~ EYEBALL   biol> VISION ORGAN
~ EYELET    id+ | OPENING |
~ EYESIGHT  id+ | SIGHT REQUIRES EYES PLUS BRAIN |
^u          "MIRAR NO ES VER " in sp to stress that
  TO SEE REQUIRES METAL FOCUSING
  ply> | BLIND PEOPLE RETAIN MENTAL VISION |
  ply> | SOME SEE SEERS AS VISIONARIES |
  biol> THE EYE  RETINA OPTIC NERVE CAN BE SEEN
        AS AN EXTENSION OF THE BRAIN
  note  below we start with Greek
  gr    OPS          EYE
        OPHTHALMOS   PERTAINING TO EYES
  skt   AKSI         EYE
  ukr   OKO          same
        OKOLO        AROUND  note CYCLE  see> CYCLOPS
  lat   OCULUS       see> OCULAR
  ukr   OCULARY      EYEGLASSES or LENSES
  pol   OKNO         WINDOW
        OKOLNY       CIRCULAR
  med>  note         CYCLOPS for ONE CIRCULAR EYE
        OKOLITCA     ENVIRONS
        OKOLICZNISC  CONCURRENT EVENTS
  sp    OJO          EYE
     ANTOJO          OGLE or WHIM
    ANTEOJO          EYEGLASSES  SPECTACLES
  arab AYN           same
  heb  AYIN          same
  ger  AUGEN         EYE leading to
       OGLE          TO EYE AMOROUSLY or
                     STARE WITH DESIRE
                     note ANTOJO above
  rus  HLAS          EYE as if clear as
  eng  GLASS         or TRANSPARENT as in
       GLASNO        CLEAR  TRANSLUCENT  OPEN
  rus  GLASNOST      OPENNESS
  Hittite SAKWA      EYES
  old ger SEHEN      TO SEE
  ger     GESICHT    SIGHT
  biol>   OCULUS     OCULUS CHRISTI or WILD SAGE
                     OCULUS LUCIDUS    HONEYSUCKLE
  sc>                OCULUS MUNDI      OPAL
       BINOCULAR     IMPLIES TWO EYES
       MONOCULAR             ONE EYE      see> CYCLOPS
       POLYOCULAR            MULTLE EYES  sug> INSECT
  med> OCULIST       some are DOCTORS IN MEDICINE or
                     OPHTHALMOLOGIST
       OCULARIST     MAKER OF ARTIFICIAL EYES
  note               synonyms and projections
  gr  OPS            EYE
      OPHTHALMOS     pertains to EYE AND SOCKET
          OPSY       suffix for EYE as in
  med>  AUTOPSY      SELF and SEEN
       RHODOPSIN     see> RHODOPSIN for RED
                     for RED LIGHT REFLEX OF HUMAN EYES
  biol>  OXOPIDAE    HUNTING SPIDERS
  sc>    DIOPTER     REFRACTION UNIT or MEASURE OF ANGLES
  hx>   EUROPE       BROAD LOOKING
       ETHIOPIA      relates to BURNED FACES
       CECROPS       TAIL FACE LIKE AND FOUNDER OF ATHENS
        PELOPS       FURRY EYED SON OF TANTALUS
                     sp PELO = HAIR
                     FOUNDER OF OLYMPIC GAMES
  note               Greek medical roots
  med> OPHTHALMIC    PERTAINING THE EYE
       MICRO         prefix for small
                     MICROPHTHALMOS
       MACRO         prefix for large
                     MARCOPHTHALAMIA
  OPHTHALMOSCOPE     INSTRUMENT TO VISUALIZE
                     EYEBALL or INNER OCULAR STRUCTURES
  myth> THE EYE IS A SYMBOL OF MANY THINGS
        note AUGUR  AUGUST  AUTOPSY  ARGUS  LUX
  CYCLOPE  OPTIC  PINEAL
  lit+ "THE EYE IS THE WINDOW OF THE SOUL"
  see> VISION
  see> SIGHT
 
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