alumen

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ălūmen: ĭnis, n. Doed., Syn. VI. p. 16, compares ἄλοιμα ἄλειμμα = unguent,
I alum, Cels. 5, 5; 5, 6; Plin. 35, 15, 52, § 183 sqq.; Col. 6, 13, 1; Vitr. 2, 6; 8, 3; cf. Gell. 15, 1.