στῖμι

French (Bailly abrégé)

(τό) :
c. στίμμι.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.,
Meaning: powdered antimony, kohl, black make-up (Ion trag., Antiph., LXX, Dsc., pap. a.o.)
Other forms: (-μμ-), -ις f., also στῖβι n.
Derivatives: with στιμ(μ)-ίζω, -ίζομαι, στιβίζομαι to make up (oneself) with black (LXX, Str. a.o.), -ισμα n.
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.
Etymology: From Egypt. ṣtim, Copt. σθημ, στημ (Lewy Fremdw. 217 w. n.) Lat. LW [loanword] stimi, stibi(um). On the variation μ : β cf. Schwyzer 333.