tinctura

ἡ Νέμεσις προλέγει τῷ πήχεϊ τῷ τε χαλινῷ μήτ' ἄμετρόν τι ποιεῖν μήτ' ἀχάλινα λέγειν → Nemesis warns us by her cubit-rule and bridle neither to do anything without measure nor to be unbridled in our speech

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tinctūra: ae, f. id.,
I a dyeing, Plin. 37, 9, 38, § 119.—In plur., Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 110.