νίτρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, in Hdt. and Att. λίτρον (q.v.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">sodium carbonate</b>, Sapph.165, Hp.Aër.7, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mete.</span>383b12</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).691 (Corc., iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>304.7</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>182</span> (ii B.C.), Gal.13.265; ν. ἐρυθρόν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mul.</span> 1.98</span>; <b class="b3">ν. θαλάσσιον</b>, i.e. from the Egyptian lakes, <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>130; as an <b class="b3">ἄρτυμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.142.2</span>; mixed with oil as a soap, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.61</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Decl.</span>26.19</span>. (Cf. Egypt. [[ntirj]] 'natron'.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[sodium carbonate]], [[soda]], [[natron]] (Sapph., ion., Arist., hell.).<br />Other forms: with dissim. <b class="b3">ν</b> : <b class="b3">τ</b> > <b class="b3">λ</b> : <b class="b3">τ</b> (Schwyzer 259) <b class="b3">λίτρον</b> (Att., Hp.; Solmsen Wortforsch. 235).<br />Compounds: Few compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ὀξύ-νιτρον</b> [[mix of vinegar and natron]] (Paul. Aeg.), <b class="b3">λιτρο-πώλης</b> [[natronhandler]] (inscr. IVa).<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">νιτρώδης λ-</b>) <b class="b2">natronlike, containing n.</b> (Pl., Arist.) with <b class="b3">-ωδία</b> (medic.); 2. <b class="b3">νίτρινος</b> <b class="b2">from n.</b> (Delos IIa); 3. <b class="b3">νιτρία</b> f. <b class="b2">natron-mine</b> (pap. IIIa, Str. ; Scheller Oxytonierung 46) with <b class="b3">νιτριώτης νομός</b> name of an Egypt. province (Str.; also referring to <b class="b3">νίτρον</b>); 4. <b class="b3">νιτρική</b> f. a. <b class="b3">-κά</b> n. pl. <b class="b2">natron-taxes</b> (hell. pap. a. ostr.); 5. <b class="b3">νιτρῖτις</b> f. (<b class="b3">λίμνη</b>) <b class="b2">giving natron</b> (Str.; Redard 109); 6. <b class="b3">νιτρόομαι</b> <b class="b2">be washed with n.</b> (Sor.) with <b class="b3">νίτρωμα</b> n. <b class="b2">sodium carbonate</b> (PHolm., H.); also 7. <b class="b3">νίτρασμα</b> n. [[soap]] (Sor.) as if from <b class="b3">*νιτράζω</b>.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.<br />Etymology: Orient. LW [loanword]; with Hebr. [[neter]], Arab. <b class="b2">naṭrūn</b> (> Fr. [[natron]] etc.), prob. also with Hitt. <b class="b2">nitri-</b> n., from Egypt. <b class="b2">nt_r(j</b>) [[natron]]. Lewy Fremdw. 53, Laroche BSL 51 p. XXXII f., Neumann Heth. u. luw. Sprachgut 19, W.-Hofmann s. [[nitrum]] (Gr. LW [loanword]) w. further references.