nitrum
λέγεται δὲ καὶ κλῶνας αὐτῆς θύραις ἢ θυρίσι προστεθέντας ἀποκρούειν τὰς τῶν φαρμάκων κακουργίας → its branches attached to doors or windows are said to repel the evil of spells
Latin > English
nitrum nitri N N :: name of various alkalis (esp. soda and potash but probably not nitre)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nĭtrum: i, n., = νίτρον, also called sal nitrum,
I native mineral alkali, native soda, natron; found chiefly in Media, Egypt, Thrace, and Macedonia, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106: flos nitri, Vitr. 7, 11, 1; and used for washing with: laveris te nitro, Vulg. Jer. 2, 22; Isid. Orig. 16, 2.—Hence,
II Transf.: censuram lomentum aut nitrum esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nĭtrum,¹⁴ ī, n. (νίτρον), nitre [nitrate de potasse] : Plin. 31, 106 || [pour détacher] Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
nitrum, ī, n. (νίτρον), natürliches mineralisches Laugensalz, natürliche Soda, Natron, noch jetzt in den Morgenländern zur Seife, sowie zum Bleichen und Färben der Tuchstoffe angewendet, Plin. 31, 106 sqq.: sal nitrum, Plin. 31, 122: flos nitri, kohlensaures N., Vitr. 7, 11, 1. – übtr., censuram lomentum aut nitrum (so eine Art Waschmittel u. Lauge = Reinigungsmittel) esse, Cael. in Cic. ep. 8, 14, 4.
