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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

stĭbĭum: ii, n.; also called stĭbi, is, and stimmi = στίβι, στιμμι,
I antimony, a sulphuret of antimony, stibium, used by women, in the form of powder, to color their eyebrows and eyelashes black; and in medicine, as an eye-salve, Plin. 33, 6, 33, § 101; 29, 6, 37, § 115; Cels. 6, 6, 6; 6, 6, 8; 6, 6, 12 sq.; Scrib. Comp. 27; 34 al.; Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, 30.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

stĭbĭum, ĭī, n. (στίβι), antimoine : Plin. 12, 43 || cosmétique noir tiré de l’antimoine, pour teindre les sourcils, les cils : Hier. Ep. 54, 7 ; 108, 15.

Latin > German (Georges)

stibium, iī, n. = stibi (w.s.).