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Headword:
Νάφθα
Adler number: nu,90
Translated headword: naphtha
Vetting Status: low
Translation: This word has three genders: it is commonly
ἡ νάφθα , but the neuter
τὸ νάφθα is also seen, as is
ὁ νάφθος in
Plutarch.[1]
[Note] that the Greeks call this "oil of
Medea,"[2] but the Medes [call it] "naphtha."[3]
Νάφθα: τριγενὲς τοῦτο: κοινῶς μὲν γὰρ ἡ νάφθα, εὕρηται δὲ καὶ οὐδετέρως τὸ νάφθα, παρὰ Πλουτάρχῳ δὲ καὶ ὁ νάφθος. ὅτι οἱ μὲν Ἕλληνες Μηδείας ἔλαιον ταύτην καλοῦσιν, οἱ δὲ Μῆδοι νάφθαν.
Notes:
The link to the LSJ entry for naphtha appears below as Web address 1.
[1] Naphtha appears as a masculine noun in
Quaestiones convivales 681C.
Plutarch also provides a long digression on naphtha in
Alexander 35, where he employs the substance as a metaphor for Alexander's character.
[2]
Plutarch considers this version of the
Medea story briefly in
Alexander 35.10-12.
[3] From
phi 103.
Sansone, D. "Plutarch, Alexander, and the Discovery of Naphtha." GRBS 21 (1980): 63-74.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; mythology; science and technology
Translated by: Bradley Buszard on 18 June 2003@09:12:55.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (modified translation, added keyword, cosmetics) on 18 June 2003@10:46:29.
David Whitehead (added x-ref; cosmetics) on 19 June 2003@02:59:37.
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