katarkhic astrology offered judgment about auspicious and inauspicious times for
various activities, and about the outcomes of actions taken at given times; contrast
genethlialogy.
A (A.), D S, I L, M,
S A, S.
khalkanthes/-on (Lat. flos aeris) “flower of copper,” probably usually the bluish
copper-sulfate weathering product of many copper-ores, or a solution thereof, often
used in pharmacy and alchemy; cf. D, MM 5.98; G, Simples 9.3.34
(12.238–241 K.). The Latin term varied, P 34.107 using aeris flos, and others
atramentum sutorium, cf. C 5.1.
See also: A, A, A, A T, A
P, A, A, B, D (P.), H, K,
P, P, P, P, T V, T,
T (P.).
khalkitis copper ore from Cyprus, likely a copper sulfide: D, MM 5.99;
G, Simples 9.3.21 (12.226–229 K.) found above so ̄ru and below misu, and 35
(12.241–242 K.); A in P A, 7.24.11 (CMG 9.2, p. 398); Durling
1993: 336.
See also: A, A, A T, B, E (P.),
H , H S, I ( A?),
L, P, P (P.), S, S, S
(P.), T.
kosmos what is ordered (from Grk. kosmein to set in order), probably at first the
polis or state, cf. H 1.65.4 (plus 2.52), T 8.48.4; then the
whole universe, considered as a system organized or ordered, by God or Nature. Com-
pare A; H; E; D; D
A; P; A; Z K; E; HWPhil 4 (1976)
1167 – 1176, R. Ebert.
See also: A, A, A T, A S,
A N, A M, A, A
P, A M, A A, A,
B, B C, B S, C, D
(A.), D T, D , E, G
P, G N, H A, H
S, H, H, H C (A, A W
P, R), K, O K, K, L, M-
K, O, P R, P H,
P, P, P A, P, P,
D Q, S S, S A,
S S, S L, M. T C, V,
X K.
kostos a prominent Indian aromatic plant, commonly imported to the Mediterranean;
probably Saussurea lappa Clarke: T HP 9.7.3; D, MM 1.16;
P 12.41; G, Simples 7.10.45 (12.40–41 K.); Miller 1969: 84–87; André 1985:
76; Durling 1993: 210; OCD3 405, D.T. Potts.
See also: A, A, A C, A, B,
B, D (P.), D (P.), E, E,
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