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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
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|lshtext=<b>nĭtrum</b>: i, n., = [[νίτρον]] | |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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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nĭtrum: i, n., = νίτρον, also called sal nitrum,
I 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,
II Transf.: censuram lomentum aut nitrum esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.
