Psimithion
Psimithion grece quod sepe corruptum invenitur nunc psimitim nunc psimitium est cerusa plumbi.
Apparatus:
Psimithion ABC e | Psinnchion? or Psimichion? f
grece quod sepe om. f
corruptũ AC | corrupte e | corupte B | cor-te f
nunc psimitiʒ nunc psimitium (-itiũ A) AC | nũc psimitĩ nũc psimitiõ nũc psimitũ B | nũc Simithium nũc simiciũ nũc psimicũ et ms. e | nũc psimtiu psimtiũ f
cerusa AC ef | ceruxa B
Translation:
Psimithion is Greek, a word which is often found in a corrupted form, sometimes psimitim sometimes psimitium, it is in Latin cerusa plumbi {"white lead"}.
Commentary:
The Greek word for "white lead" appears in a number of variant forms: ψιμύθιον /psimýthion/, ψιμμύθιον /psimmýthion/, in later Greek ψιμίθιον /psimíthion/, ψίμυθος /psímythos/, etc. It is generally agreed to be a loan word and some people suspect Egyptian origin, but this is pure conjecture.
WilfGunther 16/01/14
For further information see Cerusa.