collyria
Dictionary entries
- Entry →collyrium, collyri(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
eye-salve; suppository; packing; pessary/tent (contraceptive); shaft/pillar;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...libro; si prurit frictus ocelli angulus, inspecta genesi collyria poscit; aegra licet iaceat, capiendo nulla uidetur aptior hora..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...soliti conponere amicos. hic oculis ego nigra meis collyria lippus inlinere. interea Maecenas advenit atque Cocceius Capitoque simul..."
