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Χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him

Euripides, Alcestis 109-11

German (Pape)

[Seite 1327] τό, sc. νίτρον od. ῥύμμα, ein Erdsalz, erdiges Kali, das besonders in einem See bei Chalastra in Macedonien gefunden und statt der Seife zur Reinigung der Wäsche gebraucht wurde, Plat. Rep. IV, 430 a, v. l. χαλεστραῖον.