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νίτρ-ον

nitron

sodium carbonate, soda, natron

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Where it lives

De Sensu et Sensibilibus 2 · 2.56/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. νίτρον · nitron — Beekes

νίτρον [n.] ‘sodium carbonate, soda, natron’ (Sapph., Ion., Arist., Hell.). «τὰν ΕΒ» ¢VAR With dissimilation v - t > ἃ - t: Aitpov (Att., Hp.), cf. Solmsen 1909: 235. *COMP Few compounds, e.g. 6€b-wtpov ‘mix of vinegar and natron’ (Paul. Aeg.), λιτρο-πώλης ‘natron-seller’ (inscr. [V*). *DER 1. νιτρώδης (also A-) ‘natronlike, containing natron’ (PL. Arist.), with -wéia (medic.); 2. vitpivog ‘of natron’ (Delos II*); … — [Beekes, s.v. νίτρον, p. 1073]

2. νίτρον · nitron — Chantraine

νίτρον : n. «natron, soude, carbonate de sodium » (Sapho, Hp., Arist., pap.), avec par dissimilation de v, τ, en À, τ (Schwyzer, Gr. Gr. 1,259), λίτρον (Hdt., Hp. attique). Composés : ἀφρό-νιτρον et -λιτρον (Gal., etc.), ὀξυ- « mélange de vinaigre et de soude » (Paul Ægin.), ψευδό-- λιτρος « fait de fausse soude » (Ar. Gren. 711). Au premier terme : wrpomotéc (tardif), λιτρο-πώλης « marchand de natron » (IG 1153, … — [Chantraine, s.v. νίτρον, p. 772]

3. νίτρον · nitron — Frisk

νίτρον (Sapph., ion:, Arist., hell.), mit Dissim. v»:r >A:r (Schwyzer 259) λίτρον (att., Hp.; Solmsen Wortforsch. 235) τὶ. *Laugensalz, Soda, Natron’. Einige Kompp., z.B. ὀξύ-νιτρον “Mischung von Essig und Natron’ (Paul. Aeg.), λιτρο-πώλης “Natronhändler’ (Inschr. IV®). — Ableitungen: 1. νιτρώδης (4-) "natronähnlich, -haltig’ (Pl., Arist. usw.) mit -wdia (Mediz.); 2. virewos ‘aus N. (Delos 118); 3. νιτρία f. … — [Frisk, s.v. νίτρον, p. 1293]

4. νίτρ-ον · nitr-on — LSJ

sodium carbonate

sodium carbonate, Sapph. 165, Hp. Aër. 7, Arist. Mete. 383b12, IG 9(1).691 (Corc., iii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 304.7 (iii B.C.), PTeb. 182 (ii B.C.), Gal. 13.265; ν. ἐρυθρόν Hp. Nat.Mul. 32, cf. Mul. 1.98; ν. θαλάσσιον, i.e. from the Egyptian lakes, Hippiatr. 130; as an ἄρτυμα, Antiph. 142.2; mixed with oil as a soap, Alciphr. 3.61, Lib. Decl. 26.19. (Cf. Egypt. ntirj ‘natron’.)

In the wild

νίτρου · nitrou Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 136)
νίτρου · nitrou Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 124)
νίτρον · nitron Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 124)
νίτρου · nitrou Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4037)
νίτρον · nitron Epictetus, Discourses 4.11 (DIORISIS sentence 7170)
νίτρον · nitron Hippocrates, De aere aquis et locis 7 (DIORISIS sentence 122)

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