>tributary
runoff |ˈrənäf|
noun
1 a further competition, election, race, etc., after a tie or inconclusive result.
2 the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
• the water or other material that drains freely off the surface of something.
>of origins and ends
cipher 1 |ˈsīfər| (also cypher)
noun
1 a secret or disguised way of writing; a code: he was writing cryptic notes in a cipher | the information may be given in cipher.
• a thing written in a cipher.
• a key to such a cipher.
2 dated a zero; a figure 0.
• a person or thing of no importance, especially a person who does the bidding of others and seems to have no will of their own.
3 a monogram.
verb
1 [with object] put (a message) into secret writing; encode.
2 [no object] archaic do arithmetic.
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the senses ‘symbol for zero’ and ‘Arabic numeral’): from Old French cifre, based on Arabic ṣifr ‘zero.’
pics in order of def.
T = 0
good one!
Birth from a rock
Mithras rising from the rock (National Museum of Romanian History)
Mithras born from the rock (c. 186 CE; Baths of Diocletian)
Mithras is depicted as being born from a rock. He is shown as emerging from a rock, already in his youth, with a dagger in one hand and a torch in the other. He is nude, standing with his legs together, and is wearing a Phrygian cap.[42]
However, there are variations. Sometimes he is shown as coming out of the rock as a child, and in one instance he has a globe in one hand; sometimes a thunderbolt is seen. There are also depictions in which flames are shooting from the rock and also from Mithras' cap. One statue had its base perforated so that it could serve as a fountain, and the base of another has the mask of the water god. Sometimes Mithras also has other weapons such as bows and arrows, and there are also animals such as dogs, serpents, dolphins, eagles, other birds, lions, crocodiles, lobsters and snails around. On some reliefs, there is a bearded figure identified as Oceanus, the water god, and on some there are the gods of the four winds. In these reliefs, the four elements could be invoked together. Sometimes Victoria, Luna, Sol, and Saturn also seem to play a role. Saturn in particular is often seen handing over the dagger or short sword to Mithras, used later in the tauroctony.[42]
In some depictions, Cautes and Cautopates are also present; sometimes they are depicted as shepherds.[43]
On some occasions, an amphora is seen, and a few instances show variations like an egg birth or a tree birth. Some interpretations show that the birth of Mithras was celebrated by lighting torches or candles.[42][44]
According to M. J. Vermaseren and C. C. van Essen, the Mithraic New Year and the birthday of Mithras was on December 25.[
MERRY CHRISTMAS!