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σῐδηρ-ίτης

siderites · ὁ

of iron, iron, smithʼs

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What it meant

σῐδηρ-ίτης · sidēr-itēs — LSJ

of iron, iron, smithʼs, with iron ore

of iron, σ. πόλεμος iron war, Pi. N. 5.19; σ. τέχνη the smithʼs art, Eup. 263; σ. πέτρα rock with iron ore in it, D.S. 5.13; σ. γῆ Arist. Fr. 326 ed. Berol., Poll. 3.87.

2 loadstone

σιδηρῖτις, with or without λίθος, loadstone, Phld. Sign. 9, Str. 15.1.38, Plu. QPlat. 2.1005c, etc.

3 a precious stone

a precious stone, Plin. HN 37.58, al.; used as remedy for snake-bite, Orph. L. 361, 390, 419.

II ironwort, Sideritis romana

σιδηρῖτις, ἡ, ironwort, Sideritis romana, Dsc. 4.33, Plin. HN 25.43, Aret. CD 2.12; also σ. πόα Hsch.; βοτάνη ἡ σ. J. AJ 3.7.6, Gal. 12.885.

2 burnet, Poterium Sanguisorba, Cretan fig-wort, Scrophularia lucida, Achilles’ woundwort, Achillea tomentosa

also applied by Dsc. to burnet, Poterium Sanguisorba, 4.34; Cretan fig-wort, Scrophularia lucida, ib. 35; Achilles’ woundwort, Achillea tomentosa, ib. 36.

3

= ἑλξίνη, ib. 85.

4

= χαμαίπιτυς, Id. 3.158.

5

= περιστερεὼν ὕπτιος, Ps.-Dsc. 4.60.

Where it came from

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