circumlitio
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
circumlĭtĭo: ōnis, f. circumlino.
I A smearing or spreading over, anointing: oris, Plin. 24, 7, 24, § 40.—
II In painting, an overlaying of color, the tint or hue given to marble by rubbing it with a mixture of oil and wax, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 133; Sen. Ep. 86, 5; v O. Müll. Archaeol. § 310, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
circumlĭtĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (circumlino), action d’oindre, d’enduire autour : Plin. 24, 40 || application de vernis sur les statues : tantum circumlitioni ejus tribuebat Plin. 35, 133, tant il estimait son talent de coloriste.
Latin > German (Georges)
circumlitio, ōnis, f. (circumlino), I) das Bestreichen ringsum, oris circumlitiones, Plin. 24, 40. – II) der Farbenton, den man dem Marmor durch Einreiben mit einer aus Wachs u. Öl bereiteten feinen Messe zu geben wußte, Sen. ep. 86, 6. Plin. 35, 133.
