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Leg
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

~ LEG  id+ | ANY NUMBER OF LIMBS or
^u           APPENDICES implicitly
  LEG is mostly for LOCOMOTION vs
  LIMB or APPENDIX could include WINGS |
  med> A SECTION OF THE LOWER LIMB
       BETWEEN THE KNEE AND FOOT
  biol> HIND or POSTERIOR LEG or LIMB
  note INSECTS or animals in sections or
       IN SECT may have many legs      sug> CENTIPEDE
  also ANTENNA and WINGS
  also LEG may imply A SUPPORT         sug> MEMBER
  the roots of LEG are uncertain but
  perhaps relate to
  gr   LEKAN   = JUMP                   sug> LOBSTER
       LAGDON    LEAP  KICK             sug> LOPE
  sp   LAGARTO   LIZARD                 sug> ALLIGATOR
  lat  LACUSTA   LOCUST or
                 GRASSHOPPER            sug> LOCOMOTION
  lith LEKIU     FLY                    sug> HOP
  ukr  LETIT     FLYING                 sug> FLUX
       LITAK     AIRPLANE or            sug> FLIT
       LITAI     FLY                    sug> SOAR
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