A, A. OCD3 1202 – 1203, J.T. Vallance; NP 9 (2000) 1183–1184,
V. Nutton.
Entries on Pneumaticists (most by Touwaide): A, A, A
P, A, A A, A A,
-G D M, -G I,
-G D P, H A, H, H-
( T), L A, M E, P
R, T ( M?).
See also: H S, H C H, P,
P.
polis (pl. poleis) city-state, generally self-governing in principle; see esp. A,
Politics 3.9 (1280 b40–1281 a4). Cf. HWPhil 7 (1989) 1031–1034, W. Nippel; OCD3
1205 – 1206, O. Murray; NP 10 (2001) 22–26, K.-W. Welwei and P.J. Rhodes.
See also: A T, H “K.”
pompholux “bubbles,” i.e., zinc oxide deposited on the interior chimney walls of a
refinery furnace: D, MM 5.75; G, Simples 9.3.25 (12.234–235 K.).
See also: A, A, D (P.), H (P.),
K (M.), M, N, S B, S
B, S.
psimuthion (Lat. cerussa) “white lead,” i.e., lead acetate or carbonate: T-
, Lapid. 55 – 56; D, MM 5.88; G, Simples 9.3.39 (12.243–244 K.);
A in P A, 7.24.11 (CMG 9.2, p. 398). Known to be poisonous,
see A in G Antid. 2.7 (14.144–146 K.).
See also: A P, A R, A A,
A K, A (P.), A C,
A, A (M.), A, A, A III, B,
B, C, C, D (P.), D L,
E, G, H, H, I/I, K
(P.), K, M (P.), M, M (P.), N-
, O, P T, P, P, S,
T, T, T (P.), Z M.
pterugeion eye-disease characterized by triangular discoloration of the eye reaching
from the inner angle to the pupil, i.e., the modern pterygium; cf. P. A 11 and
P. R.G.1.20.
purethron the plant pellitory, Anacyclus pyrethrum DC., typically north African, but also
from Spain and Syria; a carminative and toothache-reliever. See N, The ̄r. 683;
C 5.4, 5.8; D, MM 3.73, 5.42; S L 9; G
Simples 8.16.41 (12.110 K.); Usher 1974: 43; André 1985: 212; Durling 1993: 279–280.
See also: A, E, H S, I, I,
L, P , T P, T.
Pythagoreans followers of P, politically organized ca 510 – 450 BCE; after-
wards organized mostly intellectually through teacher-student connections (no schol-
archs are attested). Around 350 BCE this succession ceased, but around 200 BCE
pseudo-Pythagorean writings, signed with the name of Pythagoras and historical or
invented Pythagoreans, began to appear and were fabricated until ca 100 CE. The
authors of these works usually relied on Academic and Peripatetic interpretations.
A revival of the Pythagorean movement, designated by modern scholars as
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