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lixīvĭus

lixīvĭus · adj

made into lye

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What it meant

lixīvĭus — Lewis & Short

lixīvĭus, a, um, adj.lix,

I made into lye: cinere lixivio abluere, lye-ashes, Plin. 28, 18, 75, § 244.—
II Subst.: lixīvĭa, ae, f., lye: lixivia cineris, Col. 12, 16; 12, 50. —Also, lixīvĭum, i, n., lye: ossa prunorum lixivio sunt maceranda, Pall. 12, 7, 13: aqua cineribus distillata, quam volgo lixivium vocant, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 3, 70.

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