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Libra 6: The ideals of a man abundantly crystallized

The word ideal descends from the

I nd o -E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t  weid- which

m eans “ t o s ee . ” 1 Pa r o ny m s i nc l u d e

twit , guide, guy , wisdom, wiseacre ,

 guise , idol , id yl l , wit , wot , v iew,

visa , v isage, v is ion, v is i t , v isor ,

advice , envy , evident , improvise ,

interview, purvey , review, revise ,

survey , h istory , and  penguin .

The word abundantly descends from the IE root   wed- which means

“water , wet .” 2 Paronyms of this root include water , winter , t h e p r e f i x

h y d r o - , d r o p s y , i nu nd a t e , r e d o u nd , r e d u nd a nt , s u r r o u nd , a bo u nd , nu t r i a ,

h y d r a , w h i s ke y  , a nd v o d ka  .

The word crystal l ized descends from the IE root   kreus- which means

“to begin to freeze, form a crust .” 3 I t s p a r o ny m s i nc l u d e c r o u t o n, c r u s t ,

c r u s t a c e a n , e nc r u s t , and crystal .

THEMES: Among the paronyms of   ideal i s t h e w o r d  penguin  “a ny o f  var ious stout f l ight less marine birds . ” 4 Among the paronyms of  

abundantly are the words w a t e r  , t w o G r e e k p r e f i x e s c o nno t i ng water   

( hydra-   a nd hydro-  ) , a nd a no t h e r AQUATIC MAMMAL f o u nd o nl y i n t h e

Southern Hemisphere, the nu t r i a   or coypus, “a large aquatic South

A m e r i c a n r o d e nt  (Myocastor coypus)   having webbed feet and a long

t a i l . ”5 

Final ly we might note that  

 penguins  are found in cool

1 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 96

2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 95

3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 44

4 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/penguin

5 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/nutria; http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary /entry/coypu

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regions , as far south as Antarct ica , where snow and ice are present year

r o u nd . B o t h s no w a nd i c e a r e CRYSTALLINE PHASES OF   WATER . The

latter forms when l iquid water is cooled below 0 degrees Celsius . 6 S no w

crystals   form when t iny super-cooled c l o u d d r o pl et s … fr eeze . ” 7 

6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice

7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow#Forms