stibium
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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.).
Latin > English
stibium stibii N N :: antimony; (used in eye-salve and makeup); stibium/sulphuret of antimony (L+S)
