Search results for xi,64 in Adler number:
Headword: Ξηρίον Adler number: xi,64 Translated headword: xerion, drying-agent Vetting Status: high Translation:
A kind of medicine.
Greek Original:
Ξηρίον: εἶδος ἰατρικῆς.
Notes:
LSJ s.v. describes it as "dessicative powder, for putting on wounds"; a papyrus of the third century CE (P.Oxy.1142.7) and late medical and other writers are cited.
cf. already under alpha 4296.
David Whitehead (supplied headword; added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 6 April 2001@07:24:22. David Whitehead (tweak; augmented note; raised status) on 30 August 2007@08:18:05.
