σιδηρίτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῑτ], ου, ὁ, fem. [[σιδηρῖτις]], ιδος: Dor. [[σιδαρίτας]], α, ὁ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[of iron]], <b class="b3">σιδηρίτης πόλεμος</b> [[iron]] [[war]], Pi.''N.''5.19; <b class="b3">σιδηρῖτις τέχνη</b> the [[smith's art]], Eup.263; <b class="b3">σιδηρῖτις πέτρα</b> [[rock]] [[with iron ore]] in it, D.S.5.13; σιδηρῖτις γῆ Arist.''Fr.''326 ed. Berol., Poll.3.87.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[σιδηρῖτις]], with or without [[λίθος]], [[loadstone]], Phld. ''Sign.''9, Str.15.1.38, Plu.2.1005c, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[a precious stone]], Plin. ''HN''37.58, al.; used as remedy for snake-bite, Orph.''L.''361,390, 419.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[σιδηρῖτις]], ἡ, [[ironwort]], [[Sideritis romana]], Dsc.4.33, Plin. ''HN''25.43, Aret.''CD''2.12; also σ. πόα [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; [[βοτάνη]] ἡ σιδηρῖτις J.''AJ''3.7.6, Gal.12.885.<br><span class="bld">2</span> also applied by Dsc. to [[burnet]], [[Poterium sanguisorba]], 4.34; [[Cretan fig-wort]], [[Scrophularia lucida]], ib.35; [[Achilles' woundwort]], [[Achillea tomentosa]], ib.36.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[ἑλξίνη]], ib.85.<br><span class="bld">4</span> = [[χαμαίπιτυς]], Id.3.158.<br><span class="bld">5</span> = [[περιστερεὼν ὕπτιος]], Ps.-Dsc.4.60.