nitrum
From LSJ
Kατεσκευάσθη τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦτο ποτήριον ... ἐν ἔτει ,αω'α' → Τhis holy cup was made ... in the year 1801
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
