ANCIENT GREEK DESIGNATIONS OF MINERAL WATERS BASED ON TREATISES OF ANCIENT AUTHORS
The article is dedicated to the ancient Greek designations of mineral waters for health baths in medical treatises of early and late antiquity. The special medical designations of different types of mineral waters for baths, which are not fully reflected in modern lexicological descriptions, are analyzed. To establish the exact meaning of such designations, a comparative analysis of their usage in medical treatises of ancient authors of early and late antiquity was carried out in the works of such authors as Hippocrates, Galen, Oribasius, Paul of Aegina, Dioscorides, Aetius and others. The article analyzes 10 designations of mineral waters: flowing, “boiling” water - ZEov u5wp; bituminous water - аафаАтшбгр й5шр; sulfuric water - 0£iw5£p й5шр; alkaline water - vnpw5£p й5шр; water containing aluminum alum - aiumipiw5£(; й5шр; salt water - aApupov й5шр; sea water - 0аАаааа; ferruginous water - ai5ipiZoviov u5wp; water containing copper - xaAKav0w5£p u5wp; hard water - aKpapvov u5wp. Locations of such waters, features of the use of each type of mineral water in ancient medicine and the etymology of their names are also considered. The materials presented in the article can contribute to a better understanding of medical texts in the ancient Greek language of ancient and subsequent eras.