~ STRATA     emphasis here is on   ~ STRAT
^u           note emphasis on see> ~ STER
             start in full    see> ~ STR
             start in brief   see> ~ STRAGO
~ STRATAGEM  id+ | MANEUVER to OUTWIT or DEFEAT |
~ STRATOS    pl for
~ STRATUM    id+ | SPREAD in gr |
             id+ | BED COVER in lat |
  id+ | LAYER | as in DOWNFALL  DECLINE  LAID
  id+ | SHEET LIKE | as in COAT  TISSUE   MEMBRANE
  id+ | LAID or FALLEN |  note LAMINAR LAME LAMENT
  ply> | to be STRAy is to be away from a STRAtum |
  note   subSTRATE conveys ideas also found in
            STRANGLE  TRAGEDY  DRAGON
             TRAGUS   TRAGO    SWALLOW
  LAMENT LAMINA LAID LEVEL LAYER STEPPES
  indeur STER      = SPREAD  EXTEND  LAY and
                     BROAD RIGID MATTER and
  eng    STEREOTYPE  CAST COPIES
  lat    STERNAX     CASTING
         STEREO      HARD RIGID MATRIX for casting
                     FIRM VOICE or SOUND   sug> STENTOR
         STERNERE    to SPREAD  COVER      sug> CARPET
                     what is LAID on the SOIL  or FLOOR
  eng    STERN       HARD  ADAMANT
  lat    STERILITAS  STERILITY
  note   STARI       AGING more below
  lat    STERNOR     THROWN DOWN as in KILLED or
                     PROSTRATE
  ukr    STEP        or
  fr     STEPPE      FLAT LANDS or FLATS
  gr     STETHOS     CHEST  THORAX     sug> STETHOSCOPE
         STERNUM     ANTERIOR THORACCIC BONE
  sp    ESTERNON     or
  med>   STERNUM     or ANTERIOR MEDIAL CHEST BONE
                     which becomes OSSIFIED per CALCIFIED
  med>   STRATA      LAYERS OF TISSUES
                     OTHER STRATA are
                     ADAMANTINUM or    sug> ADAMANT
                     ENAMELUM strata or
                     DENTAL ENAMEL
                     COMPACTUM or
                     COMPACT SUPERFICIAL ENDOMETRIUM
                     CORNEUM or
                     CORN LIKE SUPERFICIAL SKIN
                     CYLINDRICUM or
                     CYLINDER LIKE as in the EPIDYDIMIS
  sp    ESTERO       ESTUARY
  hx>                note SANTIAGO DE ESTERO or a large
                     ARGENTINE PROVINCE OF LOW FLAT LANDS
  sp    ESTOPA       to STUFF FILL PACK as if to COVER as the
                     STERNUM bone FILLS the anterior chest
  lat    STOLA       COVER or DRESS or LAYER or CAPE or CAPA
  skrt   STRTAS      STREWN  or
         STIRNA      SPREAD  STREWN
  Celtic STRATH      VALLEY    sug> SPRAY  sug> SPREAD
  lat    STRATA      id+ | PAVED ROAD | also
                     LAYERS of a STRATEGY also
  biol>              LAYERS of MATTER or TISSUES as
                     MEMBRANE  MUCOSA  EPITHELIUM  SKIN
  sp    ESTRADA      TRAIL ROAD AVENUE ARTERY
  lat    STRATUM     singular LAYER
         STRATOS     ROWS SERIES or LAYERS OF SOLDIERS
  sc>                STRATOSPHERE for UPPER LAYERS of the
                     ATMOSPHERE ABOVE 12 KILOMETERS
         STRATEGOS   MILITARY CHIEF or GENERAL
  eng    STRATEGY    ART and SCIENCE of USING
                     POLITICS or FORCE OF WAR to
                     FOSTER  DETER  HINDER  or  DEFEAT
         STRATAGEM   MANEUVER or DIVERSION PLOY
                     as an attempt to DEFEAT
  skrt   STARI       UNFRUITFUL
  ukr    STARIJ      SENILE  OLD
  lat    STERILIS    STERILITY
  gr     STEIRA      OLD WOMAN thus STERILE
         STEREOS     STIFF
  indeur PEKTOS      COMB
  lat    PECTO       same
         PECTUS      or
  sp     PECHO       CHEST  BOSOM  BREAST
         PEINE       COMB
  lat    PECTUS      or
  eng    CHEST       note
  ukr    CHESTYS     COMBING
         HRUD        CHEST
         HRUDA       HARD
         STRAKH      FEAR            sug> PROSTRATE
  sp    ESTRAGO      RUIN DAMAGE mostly by VIOLENCE
                     KILLING
                     DOWNFALL
        ESTRAGAR     CHOKE  STOP MOTION  LAY DOWN  LEVEL
        ESTRAGO      DEVASTATION DAMAGE by VIOLENCE  WAR
  eng    STRANGLE    ASPHYXIATE             see> STRANGE
          TRAGEDY    implies PITIABLE cont> see>  TRAGO
          DRAGON     or serpents who caused much damage
  sp      TRAGO      SWALLOW in one gulp as serpents do
                     points to voracious GOAT
  med>    TRAGUS     VALVE LIKE CARTILAGE
                     ANTERIOR TO THE EAR OPENING
  art>   STRATHSPEY  IRISH DANCE with dancers SPREAD
  note   for extended etymology see> ~ STR
         for brief    etymology see> ~ STRAGO
  cont> see> STERN