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|Full diacritics=ψιμύθιον
|Medium diacritics=ψιμύθιον
|Low diacritics=ψιμύθιον
|Capitals=ΨΙΜΥΘΙΟΝ
|Transliteration A=psimýthion
|Transliteration B=psimythion
|Transliteration C=psimythion
|Beta Code=yimu/qion
|Definition=(v. infr.), τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[ψίμυθος]], <b class="b2">white lead</b>, used as a pigment, esp. to whiten the skin of the face, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>878</span>,<span class="bibl">929</span>, <span class="bibl">Amips.3</span>, <span class="title">Dialex.</span>2.6, etc.; even for the hair, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>217d</span>; ἐντετριμμένην ψιμυθίῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>10.2</span>; <b class="b3">περιπεπλασμένη ψιμυθίοις... ἀνάπλεῳ ψιμυθίου</b>, <span class="bibl">Eub.98</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1072</span>; τῷ ψ. κεχρισμένος <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.233b</span>; also used in salves, <span class="title">Gp.</span>17.7.2, 18.15.3: for its preparation, v. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>56</span>. (Written ψιμίθιον in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>763.19</span>, <span class="bibl">789.11</span>,<span class="bibl">12</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1390.22 (Andania, i B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1088.4</span> (i A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.928.21</span>, <span class="title">PMed.Strassb.</span>p.4 (ii A. D.), and as v.l. in Dsc.5.88, etc.; ψιμμύθιον Jul. l. c., v. l. in <span class="title">GP.</span> Il. cc.; ψιμμίθιον as v. l. in Dsc. l. c.: Aeol. ψημύθιον, acc. to <span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.201</span> H., Id. in <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>2.241 (Ion. acc. to <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>103.25</span>): v. [[ψιμυθιόω]].) [ῡ, Ar. ll. cc., etc.; <b class="b3">ψῑ-</b> indeterminate in these passages; <b class="b3">ψῑμῡθίου</b> in a hexam. (<span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>75</span>) might be due to metrical lengthening of <b class="b3">ψῐ-</b>: cf. [[ψίμυθος]].]</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-1400.png Seite 1400]] τό, = [[ψίμυθος]]; Ar. Plut. 1064; ψίμυθίῳ καταπεπλασμένη Eccl. 878, vgl. 929. 1072; εἴ [[τίς]] σου ξανθὰς οὔσας τὰς τρίχας ψιμυθίῳ ἀλείψειε Plat. Lys. 217 d.
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|lstext='''ψιμύθιον''': ἢ ψιμμύθιον (καὶ μεταγεν. [[ψιμίθιον]]), τό, ὡς τὸ [[ψίμυθος]], τὸ λευκὸν τοῦ μολύβδου, Λατ. cerussa, [[ὅπερ]] μετεχειρίζοντο πρὸς λεύκανσιν τῆς ἐπιδερμίδος τοῦ προσώπου, Ἀριστοφ. Ἐκκλ. 878, 929, 1072· ἔτι δὲ καὶ τῶν τριχῶν, παρὰ Πλάτ. ἐν Λυσ. 217D· ἐντετριμμένην ψιμυθίῳ Ξεν. Οἰκ. 10, 2· περιπεπλασμέναι ψιμυθίοις.., ἀνάπλεῳ ψιμυθίου Εὔβουλος ἐν «Στεφανοπώλισιν» 1· ― περὶ τοῦ τρόπου τῆς κατασκευῆς [[αὐτοῦ]] ἴδε Θεοφρ. περὶ Λίθ. 56. [ῡ, πλὴν ἐν Ἀνθ. Παλ. 11. 374, 408· ψῐ- ἐν τῷ [[ψίμυθος]], ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ.· ἀλλὰ ψῑ- ἐν τῷ [[ψιμύθιον]] ἔν τινι ἑξαμέτρῳ, Νικ. Ἀλεξιφ. 75 ἐξ οὗ [[ὅμως]] δὲν ἀποδείκνυται ὅτι ἡ γραφὴ ψιμμ-, ὡς εὕρηται ἔν τισι τῶν Ἀντιγράφων, [[εἶναι]] ὀρθή· ― τὰ ἀρχαιότατα καὶ δοκιμώτατα Ἀντίγραφα ἔχουσι τὴν δι’ ἁπλοῦ μ γραφήν].
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{{bailly
|btext=ου (τό) :<br />blanc de céruse qui servait de fard.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[ψίμυθος]].
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{{lsm
|lsmtext='''ψιμύθιον:''' ή [[ψιμμύθιον]], Αιολ. [[ψημύθιον]], (καιψιμίθιονκαιψιμμίθιον), τό ([[ψίμυθος]]), [[λευκός]] [[μόλυβδος]], που τον χρησιμοποιούσαν για να λευκαίνουν τα πρόσωπα, σε Αριστοφ., Ξεν.
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{{elnl
|elnltext=ψιμύθιον -ου, τό loodwit (als make-up, om het gezicht licht van kleur te maken).
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{{elru
|elrutext='''ψῐμύθιον:''' (ῡ, Anth. ῠ) τό белила Arph., Xen., Plat., Anth.
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{{mdlsj
|mdlsjtxt=[[ψιμύθιον]], ορ ψιμμύθιον, ου, τό, [[ψίμυθος]]<br />[[white]] [[lead]], used to [[whiten]] the [[face]], Ar., Xen.
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