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Χαλαστραῖος

Χαλαστραῖος, of, from Chalastra on the Thermaic Gulf (neut. a kind of sodium carbonate)

Χᾰλαστραῖος, α, ον,
  • of, from Chalastra on the Thermaic Gulf:— τὸ Χαλαστραῖον (sc. νίτρον) prob. a fine kind of soda, found in a lake near that place, used with lye or soap for purposes of cleansing, Pl. R. 430a, Plu. Sanit. 2.134e (pl.); ῥύμματι καὶ νίτρῳ Χαλαστραίῳ Alciphr. 3.61, cf. Plin. HN 31.115.—Χαλεστραίου is v.l. in Pl. l.c., Χαλέστρη is found in Hdt. 7.123.

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