to be like quicksilver, to become quicksilver
to be like quicksilver, v.l. in Tz. H. 8.449 (leg. ὑπερυδρ-):—Pass., to become quicksilver, Syn.Alch. p.69B.
The corpus record
ὑδραργῠρ-ίζω
udrargurizo
to be like quicksilver
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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