lōmentum, i, n. [lavo], a mixture of bean-meal and rice kneaded together, used by the Roman ladies for preserving the smoothness of their skin.
I Lit.: lomento rugas condere, Mart. 3, 42, 1: ex faba lomentum factum, Pall. Oct. 14, 9.—
B Transf.
1 A kind of blue color, azure : lomentum est caeruleo candidius, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 162. —
2 Bean-meal : lomentum appellatur ea farina, Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 117.—*
II Trop., a wash, cosmetic , Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.