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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=nitrum nitri N N :: name of various alkalis (esp. soda and potash but probably not nitre)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>nĭtrum</b>: i, n., = [[νίτρον]], also called sal [[nitrum]],<br /><b>I</b> [[native]] [[mineral]] alkali, [[native]] [[soda]], natron; [[found]] [[chiefly]] in [[Media]], [[Egypt]], [[Thrace]], and [[Macedonia]], Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106: [[flos]] nitri, Vitr. 7, 11, 1; and used for [[washing]] [[with]]: laveris te nitro, Vulg. Jer. 2, 22; Isid. Orig. 16, 2.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Transf.: censuram [[lomentum]] aut [[nitrum]] esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nĭtrum</b>,¹⁴ ī, n. ([[νίτρον]]), nitre [nitrate de potasse] : Plin. 31, 106 &#124;&#124; [pour détacher] Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.||[pour détacher] Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.
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{{Georges
|georg=nitrum, ī, n. ([[νίτρον]]), natürliches mineralisches Laugensalz, natürliche [[Soda]], Natron, [[noch]] [[jetzt]] in den Morgenländern zur [[Seife]], [[sowie]] zum Bleichen und Färben der Tuchstoffe angewendet, Plin. 31, 106 sqq.: [[sal]] [[nitrum]], Plin. 31, 122: [[flos]] nitri, kohlensaures N., Vitr. 7, 11, 1. – übtr., censuram [[lomentum]] [[aut]] [[nitrum]] (so eine [[Art]] Waschmittel u. [[Lauge]] = Reinigungsmittel) [[esse]], Cael. in Cic. ep. 8, 14, 4.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=nitrum, i. n. :: [[硝]]。[[朴硝]]。[[牙硝]]
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