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+   english  sanskrit ukrainian german greek latin french spanish   +
+   mythology  anthology  lexicon  semiotics  etymology  polyglot   +
+   encyclopedia              anthology  dictionary   mythologies   +
+   linguistics                     nomenclature       vocabulary   +
+   semiotics                         etymology          polyglot   +
+   polyglot       Gratia              lexicon            concept   +
+   words         Suavitas              roots    JOURNAL    ideas   +
+   idea        Bienvenidos             myth     JOVIAL     words   +
+   word          WELCOME               term     JOVE        myth   +
+   myth                                word     DEUS        idea   +
+   idea             to                 name     ZEUS        word   +
+   word                                root     ZOO         idea   +
+   ideas    Pandora's Word Box         myth     ZODIAC     words   +
+   polyglot                           lexicon            concept   +
+   semiotics                         etymology          polyglot   +
+   linguistics                     nomenclature       vocabulary   +
+   encyclopedia              anthology  dictionary   mythologies   +
+   mythology  anthology  lexicon  semiotics  etymology  polyglot   +
+   english  sanskrit ukrainian german greek latin french spanish   +
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                              Lexicon
                       Lemmma         Lexeme
                   Semiotics           Etymology
                 Beauty        IDEA       Archetypes
              Art        MYTHOS    LOGOS     Religion
                 Poetry        WORD       Philosophy
                   Folklore             Astronomy
                      History        Medicine
                              Science

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~ A~  or AN
      prefix to denote NOT or WITHOUT
  med> ABIOGENESIS  ANENCEPHALY  


~ AB~  prefix to denote AWAY FROM or
       AVERSION or CONTRARY TO as in
  med> ABDUCT as if           sug> ABORT
       TO TAKE AWAY FROM      see> KIDNAP
  consider ABNORMAL ABDOMEN


~ ABACUS  AN INSTRUMENT FOR ARITHMETIC CALCULATIONS
          related to CUPBOARD
  lat ABACUS = FLAT SURFACE or SLATE TABLE
  gr  ABAX     COUNTING BOARD
  .....


~ ABAS  id+ CENTAUR and LIZARD
        myth> SON OF CELEUS & METANIRA OF ELEUSIS
  A FAMOUS CENTAUR BROTHER OF AKRISION AND PROETOS
  THESE BROTHERS HATED EACH OTHER
  alt A GREEK COMPANION OF AENEAS KILLED
  .....


~ ABBE   or
~ ABBOT  for MONK  HERMIT  RECLUSE
         Aramaic ABBA = FATHER led to
  GOD THE FATHER  MONASTERY  CONVENT
  note ABBESS  ABBEY  ABBACY
  note link with ital MITRATO or ABBOT
  see> MITHRA
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~ ABDOMEN   id+ | CAVITY FOR ABDUCTED FOOD |   see> STOMACH
            biol> med> THE CAVITY CONTAINING   sug> CARDINAL
       THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM and VISCERA or     see VISCOUS
       GUT which also denotes          
  .....
  INNATE  DEEP  INSTINCTIVE       sug> GUTSY
  BELLY implies A BAG or WINDBAG  sug> GUSTY
  sp  BARRIGA     = BELLY         see> BARREL
      ABDOMEN       ABDOMEN       sug> ADVENTURE
  lat ABDERE        TO HIDE or 
                    PUT AWAY      see> ABDUCT below
  .....
  sp  VIENTRE       ABDOMEN       sug> VENTRAL
      VIENTO        WIND          sug> VENTING
  lat VENTER        BELLY         sug> METEORISM
      VENTUS        WIND          sug> FLATUS
  ukr ZYVIT        "BELLY"        sug> VITAL
      ZYVYJ         LIVING        sug> ZEUS
      ZYTO     WHEAT              sug> ZOO
  .....


~ ACCOMPLICE  id+ JOINTLY TWISTED INTO A COMPLEX BODY
                  ASSOCIATE or PARTNER     sug> BUDDY
                  ACCESSORY  ABETTOR  ALLY  from
~ ACCOMPLISH  TO SUCCEED  TO COMPLETE  TO EXECUTE or
              TO GAIN  FULFILL  FURNISH  RENDER
  lat COM         = WITH
         PLECTERE   WEAVE or TWIST or FOLD
      COMPLICADO    COMPLEX as with MANY FOLDS or INTERWOVEN
  ukr    PLETE      WEAVE                    sug> REPLETE
  pol    PLOTKA     GOSSIP  leads to         sug> DEPLETE
  eng    PLEAD      and COMPLICATE           sug> COMPLETE
         PLEASE     ACCOMMODATE              sug>    PLOT
  lat    PLICA      FOLD  KNIT               sug> PLY
  eng  APPLICATION  as in PLACATE            sug> MULTIPLEX
       APPLY        as in MANIPULATE         sug> COMPLOT
  ukr    PLIT       FENCE                    sug> COMPLEX
  note              FENCES WERE OFTEN MADE   sug> COMPLICATED
                    BY WEAVING BRANCHES      sug> PLIANT
  lat COMPLERE      TO COMPLETE or FULFILL   sug> COMPLY
         PLENUS     WHOLE  FULL              sug> PLENARY
         PLENO      COMPLETE or IN FULL      sug> REPLETE
  lit+ VITA PLENA  or ACCOMPLISHED LIFE      sug> VERSED
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WHY PANDORA'S WORDBOX?  BECAUSE ...

The ancestry of ideas in words has roots in remote times, in a manner similar to the ancestry of genes. Like genes, words have a family history or pedigree that can be traced. Notably, biologic and linguistic evolution are intertwined. Ancestral archives of genes and words contain "archetypes" of ideas that may serve as bridges with the past and may explain modern realities. The survival of archetypes against oblivion reflects qualities of utility, fitness, beauty or at least elegance. The charm of many "word ideas" had a grip on the imagination of many saints, poets, and politicians who used them to inflame the imagination of followers. Liberty, Justice, Happiness, Oblivion, Mother, Nation are "word ideas" that have fostered dreams and engendered nightmares. Inevitably, as human leaders and dictators exploit "word ideas" to frame new odysseys, meanings may evolve, become deformed, be replaced or die.

Each entry seeks to underscore the ideas and pedigree that influence the sense in words. An emphatic effort was made to expand the search beyond the views present in English to include elements from other languages, existing and extinct. Also, the vagaries of spelling and other constraints of interest to linguists were discounted to enhance the sharpness of "word idea" images. To further configure "word ideas", roots from Mythology, Literature, Poetry, History, Politics, Biology, Genetics, Medicine and other sources were scrutinized. Expressed in formal terms, this compilation seeks to emphasize the lemma of our lexicon drawn from beyond the limits of English. The alphabetic arrangement of Pandora's Word Box implies it is a dictionary; a reliance on mythology, poetry and other sources of beauty bespeaks of an anthology; the extent of many entries and allusions to personalities suggests a cyclopedia and encyclopedia; the exploration for common roots in various languages suggests a polyglot approach, examination of phonetic similarities implies an emphasis on etymology and the analysis of similarities of ideas found in words lacking phonetic similarities suggests an emphasis on semiotics. For such reasons, Pandora's Word Box could be called a Polyglot Glossary or Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Anthology, Etymology and Semiotics. Instead, we favor the less formal sub title:**Nature and Sense in Words - Notes Comments and Reflections

The core goal of the author is to help replace memorization with understanding. The extensive entries of the "word box" were written for PC use. In contrast of sources "adapted" from "hard copy media" for electronic media, "cruising" across the contents of Pandora's Word Box is designed to be illuminating. The contents were developed by a single author who chose to stress ideas and the gist found in words.

Many compilations explore the significance of words but none quite like the approach used in Pandora's Word Box. Whereas other works were created as hard print publications, this compilation was designed for PC computer use. Extensive cross-referencing designed to be enhanced by computer searches were planned from the outset.

CDs can serve as a scholastic resource and tool. The contents we offer aim to close the gap between Arts & Sciences. Students interested in medicine, biology or humanities may set the browser to explore contents with an emphasis on medical terminology or other domains of sciences or humanities. The rapid display of clusters of related words provides a steady stream of cognitive elements we call " Word Ideas ". The contents of Pandora's WordBox are a resource for students to be used to boost verbal scores as measured by a number of standardized tests; SAT ACT GED GMAT GRE MBA MCAT MSAT LSAT GMAT FE EIT LPC CAT CELT CPA CPT DAT PAA PCAT PSAT SCAT SRA TASP TOEFL TOFEL USMLE CGFNS WPCT CBEST.
 

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Recently we added illustrations stressing classic sculptures and paintings to underscore word meanings. Just like many human heroes are the creations of poets, many ideas gain grit from the beauty of works of art. We seek to demonstrate that a balance of "Arts and sciences" anchors civilized societies. In this spirit, we hope that visitors, students in particular, will experience the reality of the logo "Arts and Sciences".

Since my student days, I have experienced the need to reflect on the core ideas found in words and myths. This need was imposed by my "Linguistic Thesaurus" which is a blend of three linguistic systems. It emerged from Slavic roots (Ukrainian, Polish and Russian), developed in a German, French and mostly Spanish environment and it matured within an English sphere. When searching for meanings needed to convey ideas, I am often startled by unexpected discoveries of roots and myths that enrich or even alter my thoughts by their charm and charisma. Some time after becoming immersed in taking notes for the Pandora's Word Box, I found an explanation for my fascination with this subject from another soul mate whom I am glad to let speak on my behalf:

" The multiplicity of human languages,
their wonderful variety ...
in instructing me
it also again and again
disquieted me.
I followed time after time
an individual word or even structure of words
from one language to another,
found it there again and yet
had time after time to give up something there as lost
that apparently only existed
in a single one of all the languages ..." from
"Meetings" by Martin Buber.

While immersed in this project I discovered others like Buber, who found in words hidden or lost meanings. Notably, Patrick Gunkel and his concept of " ideonomy ", to denote the laws governing ideas and knowledge was illuminating. Another notable is Mortimer Adler, who studied word ideas which embody Western culture in concepts underpinning our civilization. Patrick Gunkel points out that words may evolve in meaning while retaining clues to primeval meanings. Furthermore, as new words are added, they modify the meanings of old words. Languages like species, evolve differently and at different rates. Under the pressure of differing environments, some ideas in words like some genes in species may mutate and become more or less evident.

I claim no formal expertise in linguistics but my fate and interest in my multi-lingual environment have given me the intuitive linguistic roots that only " native feelings " can underscore. Also, as a clinician trained in Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, my fate imposed the need to understand the human reproductive imperative and its paradoxical dreams. Another motivation was my need to be able to express scientific facts with precision as well as to gain a window to the human soul to grasp its struggles with dilemmas and uncertainties.

This work aspires to show my serious interest and deep fondness for the subject. As an amateur, I can claim freedom from a need for professional or material gains and hope to have conveyed this liberty by lending the subject a lightness that readers may enjoy.

Update 09/May/2002

April 04, 2001