Ion. -ίη (sc. γῆ), ἡ, name of any of a group of astringent substances containing (a) alum or (b) ferrous sulphate (χαλκῖτις), Hdt. 2.180, freq. in Hp. (e.g. Ulc. 14), Arist. HA 547a20, Mir. 842b22, PCair. Zen. 326bis 26 (iii BC), Ti.Locr. 99d, Sor. 1.50, Aret. CA 1.9, POxy. 1429.4 (iii/iv AD), PHolm. 1.4, 7, al. in Egypt, the alum monopoly, POxy. 2116 (iii AD).

ἡ, ion. στυπτηρίη, sc. γῆ, ein zusammenziehendes Salz, Alaun od. Vitriol ; Her. 2.180, Tim.Locr. 99d ; Arist. mirab.ausc. 139 ; DS. 5.10, auch χαλκῖτις.