νίτρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, in Hdt. and Att. λίτρον (q.v.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">sodium carbonate</b>, Sapph.165, Hp.Aër.7, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mete.</span>383b12</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).691 (Corc., iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>304.7</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>182</span> (ii B.C.), Gal.13.265; ν. ἐρυθρόν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mul.</span> 1.98</span>; <b class="b3">ν. θαλάσσιον</b>, i.e. from the Egyptian lakes, <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>130; as an <b class="b3">ἄρτυμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.142.2</span>; mixed with oil as a soap, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.61</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Decl.</span>26.19</span>. (Cf. Egypt. <b class="b2">ntirj</b> 'natron'.)</span>