sphragide
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English
Etymology
From Latin sphragis, sphragidis (“Lemnian earth”), from Ancient Greek σφραγίς (sphragís, “a seal”), so called because sold in sealed packets.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsfræd͡ʒaɪd/
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Noun
sphragide (countable and uncountable, plural sphragides)
- (mineralogy) An aluminous earth of a grayish yellow color; a medicinal clay.
- 1860, Archaeologia Americana:
- Dr. Hawks says it is found in Lemnos, sometimes called Terra Lemnia, and used in medicine. It is sometimes called sphragide.
- 1874, Reports on the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1873, page 498:
- Lemnian earth (sphragide bole, a kind of fine clay)
- 1906, The National Druggist - Volume 36, page 269:
- The genuine Lemnian earth of the Greeks, or Sphragide, was a yellowish-grey earth or clay found in the Island of Stalimene (ancient Lemnos).
- 2017, C.J. Duffin, C. Gardner-Thorpe, R.T.J. Moody, Geology and Medicine: Historical Connections, →ISBN, page 151:
- Pb content is relatively elevated in the sphragides compared to some of the sediments, but not all (i.e. LE6-1.60).
Synonyms
References
- “sphragide”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “sphragide”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Medicinal clay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
