χωνίον
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of χώνη or χῶνος,
A crucible, interpol. in Suid. s.v. χωνεῖον.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1386] τό, dim. von χώνη, χῶνος, Schmelztiegel.
