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|Definition=υκος, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[a bright red colour]], also called [[ἀρμένιον]], <span class="bibl">Str.11.14.9</span> (prob. cj.); obtained by heating [[ψιμύθιον]] ( = [[cerussa]]), Dsc.5.88, cf. <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>35.40</span>; though a like colour was made from a plant of the same name, [[red sandalwood]], [[Pterocarpus santalinus]], <span class="bibl">Sosib. 21</span>, Verg.<span class="title">Ecl.</span>4.45, Plin. l.c., Lyd.<span class="title">Mag.</span>3.64. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pl., <b class="b2">flesh-coloured women's garments</b> dyed with this colour, in Lydia, ibid. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[a kind of salve]], prob. a pink mixture of zinc oxide and carbonate, Dsc. l.c., Gal.12.244, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[casket]], Id. [[[ū]] in genit., Pro<span class="bibl">p.2.19.81</span>; but [[ǔ]] in Grattius <span class="title">Cyn.</span>86.] (Assyr. <b class="b2">sâmtu, sându</b> 'red stone', prob. cinnabar.)</span>