collyrium
οὐ γὰρ συμφύεται τὰ πεπηγότα ὤσπερ τὰ ὑγρά (Aristotle, Meteorologica 348a.14) → since solid bodies/frozen drops cannot coalesce like liquid ones
Latin > English
collyrium collyri(i) N N :: eye-salve; suppository; packing; pessary/tent (contraceptive); shaft/pillar
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
collȳrĭum: ii, n., = κολλύριον (a mass similar to the collyra-dough; hence, in medic. lang.),
I A tent, pessary, suppository, etc., Cels. 5, 28, 12; Col. 6, 6, 5; 6, 30, 8; Plin. 26, 12, 78, § 126; 28, 9, 37, § 139; Scrib. Comp. 142.—
B Esp., a liquid eyesalve, Cels. 7, 7, 4; * Hor. S. 1, 5, 30; Veg. 3, 16, 2; 3, 16, 8; 3, 18, 2.—
II Meton., a shaft, pillar, Sid. Ep. 2, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
collȳrĭum,¹⁵ ĭī, n. (κολλύριον), [en gén.] sorte d’onguent : Cels. Med. 6, 30, 8 ; Scrib. Comp. 142 || [en part.] collyre : Hor. S. 1, 5, 30 ; Plin. 29, 127.
Latin > German (Georges)
collȳrium, ī, n. (κολλύριον), eine in Form eines Zäpfchens zubereitete teigartige Salbe, bes. Augensalbe, Hor., Cels. u.a.
