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α559Ἀέριον ὕδωρaerial waterThe headword phrase is a technical term in ancient alchemy; Zosimus (zeta 168) wrote a treatise with this title. [1] Adler cites equivalent entries in the Ambrosian Lexicon (549 and 573).Matched in noteshighshort

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Ἀέριον ὕδωρ

aerial water

[Meaning] that [which is] in the air. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] a)e/rios, [meaning] one [who is] in the air.

Ἀέριον ὕδωρ· τὸ ἐν τῷ ἀέρι. καὶ Ἀέριος, ὁ ἐν τῷ ἀέρι.