νίτρον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[sodium carbonate]], [[soda]], [[natron]] (Sapph., ion., Arist., hell.).<br />Other forms: with dissim. [[ν]] : [[τ]] > [[λ]] : [[τ]] (Schwyzer 259) [[λίτρον]] (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. [[νίτρινος]] <b class="b2">from n.</b> (Delos IIa); 3. [[νιτρία]] f. [[natron-mine]] (pap. IIIa, Str. ; Scheller Oxytonierung 46) with <b class="b3">νιτριώτης νομός</b> name of an Egypt. province (Str.; also referring to [[νίτρον]]); 4. [[νιτρική]] f. a. <b class="b3">-κά</b> n. pl. [[natron-taxes]] (hell. pap. a. ostr.); 5. [[νιτρῖτις]] f. ([[λίμνη]]) [[giving natron]] (Str.; Redard 109); 6. [[νιτρόομαι]] <b class="b2">be washed with n.</b> (Sor.) with [[νίτρωμα]] n. [[sodium carbonate]] (PHolm., H.); also 7. [[νίτρασμα]] 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.