cerussa
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cērussa: ae. f.,
I white-lead, ceruse (used by painters, and by women for making the skin white; also in medicine, and in large doses as a poison), Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 129; 34, 18, 54, § 175 sq.; Vitr. 7, 12, 1; Cels. 5, 27, 15; Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 129; 35, 6, 19, § 37; Plant. Most. 1, 3, 101; Ov. Med. Fac. 73; Mart. 10, 22, 2; Pall. Aug. 11, 3. >
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cerussa,¹⁶ æ, f., céruse : [p. le visage] Pl. Most. 258 ; 264 ; [p. la peinture] Plin. 35, 37 ; [p. la médec.] Cels., Plin.
Latin > German (Georges)
cērussa, ae, f., Bleiweiß, zum Malen, zum Schminken u. in starker Dosis als Gift gebraucht, Ov. med. fac. 73. Vitr. u.a.: ora depingere cerussa, Hier. ep. 127, 3.
Latin > English
cerussa cerussae N F :: carbonate of lead; white lead, ceruse; (for paint/cosmetics/medicine/poison)
