κιννάβαρι

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τὸν ἰητρὸν δοκέει μοι ἄριστον εἶναι πρόνοιαν ἐπιτηδεύειν → it appears to me a most excellent thing for the physician to cultivate prognosis

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Transliteration A: kinnábari Transliteration B: kinnabari Transliteration C: kinnavari Beta Code: kinna/bari

English (LSJ)

[νᾰ], εως, τό,

   A cinnabar, bisulphuret of mercury, whence vermilion is obtained, Arist.Mete.378a26, Thphr.Lap.58, Dsc.5.94; thought by some to be serpent's blood, Dsc.l.c., Plin.HN33.116:—a masc.form κιννάβαρις, Anaxandr.14:—also τεγγάβαρι (q.v.).    2 = ἐρυθρόδανον, Ps.-Dsc.3.143 (-ρις).