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Translingual
Alternative forms
- The lines may or may not end in serifs.
Etymology
At least in sense [2], this is a cross for the root crux in 'crucible', which is sometimes written β¨πbleβ©.
Symbol
π
- (alchemy, archaic) vinegar, acid. Usually combined with other symbols, e.g. β¨ππβ© or β¨ππβ© nitrous/nitric acid, β¨ππβ© 'marine' (hydrochloric?) acid, β¨ππΏβ© tartaric acid, β¨ππβ© boric acid, β¨ππβ© vitriolic (sulfuric) acid, β¨πfββ© formic acid, etc.
- Cf. Synonym: π for distilled vinegar
- (alchemy, archaic) crucible, crucibulum. (A cross for crux.)
- (astrology, rare) vertex
- Synonym: Vx
Derived terms
Latin
Noun
π n (genitive πtΔ«); second declension
- (alchemy) abbreviation of acetum (βvinegarβ)
- 1656, Johann SchrΓΆder, Pharmacopeia medico-chymica [Medico-Chemical Pharamcopoeia], page 713:
- Stercus Scabritiem cutis ΕΏanat (cum π illitum.
- The dung cures itchiness of the skin (applied with vinegar.
- 1701, Johann Christoph Sommerhoff, Lexicon pharmaceutico-chymicum latino-germanicum & germanico-latinum [Pharmaceutico-Chemical Lexicon, Latin-German and German-Latin], page 22:
- Apomeli eΕΏt Oxymel, ΕΏeu Decoctum ex πto & melle factum.
- Apomeli is oxymel, or a drink made from vinegar and honey.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | π | πta |
| genitive | πtΔ« | πtΕrum |
| dative | πtΕ | πtΔ«s |
| accusative | πtum | πta |
| ablative | π πtΕ |
πtΔ«s |
| vocative | πtum | πta |