κιννάβαρι

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Transliteration A: kinnábari Transliteration B: kinnabari Transliteration C: kinnavari Beta Code: kinna/bari

English (LSJ)

[νᾰ], εως, τό,

   A cinnabar, bisulphuret of mercury, whence vermilion is obtained, Arist.Mete.378a26, Thphr.Lap.58, Dsc.5.94; thought by some to be serpent's blood, Dsc.l.c., Plin.HN33.116:—a masc.form κιννάβαρις, Anaxandr.14:—also τεγγάβαρι (q.v.).    2 = ἐρυθρόδανον, Ps.-Dsc.3.143 (-ρις).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κιννάβᾰρι: νᾰ, εως, τό, ὀρυκτὸν μεταλλοῦχον περιέχον θεῖον καὶ ὑδράργυρον, ὁπόθεν τὸ ἐρυθρὸν χρῶμα vermilion (Λατ. minium), Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 3. 6, 11, Θεοφρ. π. Λίθ. 58, Διοσκ. 5. 110. ΙΙ. «τὸ αἷμα τοῦ δράκοντος», βαφὴ λαμβανομένη ἐκ τοῦ κόμμεος δένδρου φέροντος τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο, Διοσκ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ., Πλίν. 33. 38. ― Ἀρσεν. τύπος κιννάβαρις, ἀπαντᾷ παρ’ Ἀναξανδρ. ἐν «Ζωγράφῳ» 2, πρβλ. Ἰακώψιον εἰς Αἰλ. π. Ζ. 4. 21· ὡσαύτως τεγγάβαρι, ὃ ἴδε. 2) ὡς συνώνυμ. τοῦ ἐρυθροδάνου, Διοσκ. 3. 160.