χυμεία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, the <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[art of alloying metals]], [[alchemy]], Zos.Alch. ap. Syncell.<span class="bibl">p.24</span> Dindorf (written [[χημεία]], but [[khumia]] in the Syriac version, Diels [[Antike Technik]] <span class="bibl">p.109</span>), Olymp.Alch.<span class="bibl">p.94</span> B. (χυμεία), Joann.Antioch.<span class="title">Fr.</span>15.3 (<span class="title">FHG</span>ivp.548 (χημ-), and so Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[δέρας]], but (χειμ-) in Anon.<span class="title">Incred.</span>3 cod.), <span class="title">Fr.</span>165 (<span class="title">FHG</span>ivp.601, [[χημία]] cod.P, χημεία Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[Διοκλητιανός]] ([[variae lectiones|vv.ll.]] [[χειμεία]], [[μοιχεία]]), Id. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[χημεία]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[χειμεία]])). (Named from its supposed [[inventor]] [[χύμης]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[χημ- χειμ-]]) acc. to Zos.Alch. l.c., cf. eund.<span class="bibl">pp.169,172</span>B. (χυμ-), Olymp.Alch.p.84B. (χημ-); more prob. from [[χύμα]], cf. Diels l.c.)</span>