ἀφρόνιτρον
τούτων γάρ ἑκάτερον κοινῷ ὀνόματι προσαγορεύεται ζῷον, καί ὁ λόγος δέ τῆς οὐσίας ὁ αὐτός → and these are univocally so named, inasmuch as not only the name, but also the definition, is the same in both cases (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a8-10)
English (LSJ)
Att. ἀφρόλιτρον (the two distd. by Gal.l.c., cf. Gp. 2.28), τό, a form of
A native sodium carbonate (cf.νίτρον), distd. by Gal. 12.212 from the finer ἄνθος νίτρου, cf. Herod.Med. ap. Orib.6.20.5: in Hp. and correct Greek divisim ἀφρὸς νίτρου: hence ἀφρόνιτρον is condemned by Phryn.272.
German (Pape)
[Seite 415] τό, att. ἀφρόλιτρον, Diosc., auswitterndes Kali, Mauersalz, vgl. Lob. Phryn. 303.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀφρόνιτρον: Ἀττ. ἀφρόλιτρον, τό, εἶδος οὐχὶ καθαρᾶς σόδας ἢ ποτάσσης (πρβλ. νίτρον), διακρινομένης ὑπὸ τοῦ Γαλην. ἀπὸ τῆς καθαρωτέρας, ἥτις καλεῖται ἄνθος νίτρου· παρ’ Ἱππ. καὶ τοῖς δοκίμ. συγγραφ. διῃρημένως, ἀφρὸς νίτρου Λοβ. Φρύν. 303.
