ψίλωθρον

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σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → sometimes silence is preferable to words (Menander)

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Transliteration A: psílōthron Transliteration B: psilōthron Transliteration C: psilothron Beta Code: yi/lwqron

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A depilatory, Thphr.HP9.20.3, Menemach. ap.Orib.10.14.1, Crito ap.Gal.12.447; used of the plant ἄμπελος λευκή, Nic.Th.902, Dsc.4.182 (since the root was used as a depilatory, Thphr. l.c.); also ψιλώθριον Hp.Fist.9.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1400] τό, Mittel kahl zu machen, die Haare ausfallen zu machen, bes. im Bade angewendet, Galen., wie es noch heut zu Tage die Türken anwenden, Rusma, aus geglühtem Arsenik und ungelöschtem Kalk bereitet.