ἀφρόνιτρον
ἔνδον γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἄρτι τυγχάνει, κάρα στάζων ἱδρῶτι καὶ χέρας ξιφοκτόνους → yes, the man is now inside, his face and hands that have slaughtered with the sword dripping with sweat
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.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
• Alolema(s): lat. aphronitrum Plin.HN 31.113, Scrib.Larg.82, Mart.14.58
• Grafía: graf. ἀφόνιτρον PRyl.629.101 (IV d.C.)
alquim. espuma de nitro, carbonato de sodio, PLeid.X.20, PHolm.12, Dsc.5.113 (cód.), Plin.l.c., Mart.l.c., Scrib.Larg.l.c., Stat.Silu.4.9.37, PRyl.l.c.
