nitrum
καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nĭtrum,¹⁴ ī, n. (νίτρον), nitre [nitrate de potasse] : Plin. 31, 106 || [pour détacher] Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
