ψιμύθιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(v. infr.), τό, = [[ψίμυθος]], [[white lead]], used as a pigment, esp. to [[whiten]] the [[skin]] of the [[face]], Ar.Ec.878,929, Amips.3, Dialex.2.6, etc.; even for the [[hair]], Pl.Ly.217d; ἐντετριμμένην ψιμυθίῳ X.Oec.10.2; περιπεπλασμένη ψιμυθίοις... ἀνάπλεῳ ψιμυθίου, Eub.98, cf. Ar.Ec.1072; τῷ ψ. κεχρισμένος Jul.Or.7.233b; also used in salves, Gp.17.7.2, 18.15.3: for its preparation, v. Thphr.Lap.56. (Written ψιμίθιον in PCair.Zen.763.19, 789.11,12 (iii B. C.), IG5(1).1390.22 (Andania, i B. C.), POxy.1088.4 (i A. D.), PLond.3.928.21, PMed.Strassb.p.4 (ii A. D.), and as [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Dsc.5.88, etc.; ψιμμύθιον Jul. l. c., [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in GP. Il. cc.; ψιμμίθιον as [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Dsc. l. c.: Aeol. ψημύθιον, acc. to Choerob. in Theod.1.201 H., Id. in An.Ox.2.241 (Ion. acc. to EM103.25): v. [[ψιμυθιόω]].) [ῡ, Ar. ll. cc., etc.; ψῑ- indeterminate in these passages; ψῑμῡθίου in a hexam. (Nic.Al.75) might be due to metrical lengthening of ψῐ-: cf. [[ψίμυθος]].]