~ STER~     gr prefix for STIFF or HARD
~ STERILE   DUAL IDEAS related to
^u          id+ | IMMATURITY or SENILITY |
            id+ | LIFELESS as in
                  BARE
                  BLANK
                  DULL
                  SPIRITLESS |
  skr   STARI   = UNFRUITFULL mostly such a COW
  ukr   STARIJ    SENILE  OLD
  lat   STERILIS  same
  gr    STEIRA    OLD WOMAN thus STERILE
        STEREOS   STIFF
  biol> STERILE   FREE of LIVING ORGANISMS
  med>  STERILE   expressed as INFERTILILTY
                  but it takes TWO thus a
                  STERILE FEMALE may be so because of an
                  INFERTILE MALE PARTNER
  myth> THE MARRIAGE OF HADES & PERSEPHONE WAS
        STERILE or BARREN making HELL perhaps
  more DISMALLY BLEAK
  note  STARCH STIFF STARK UPSTART
  ply>  | upSTARTS may quickly become STERILE and
          STIFF as if STARCHED |