solution of blue vitriol, copper sulphate
solution of blue vitriol (copper sulphate), used for ink and for shoemakerʼs blacking, Dsc. 3.80, Orph. A. 960, Plin. HN 34.123.
II
= χρυσάνθεμον, Ps.-Dsc. 4.58.
The corpus record
χάλκ-ανθον
chalkanthon · τό
solution of blue vitriol
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