of, from Chalastra, soda
of, from Chalastra on the Thermaic Gulf:— τὸ Χαλαστραῖον (sc. νίτρον) prob. a fine kind of soda, found in a lake near that place, used with lye or soap for purposes of cleansing, Pl. R. 430a, Plu. Sanit. 2.134e (pl.); ῥύμματι καὶ νίτρῳ Χαλαστραίῳ Alciphr. 3.61, cf. Plin. HN 31.115.—Χαλεστραίου is v.l. in Pl. l.c., Χαλέστρη is found in Hdt. 7.123.