albugo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

albūgo, ĭnis, f. [albus] (perh. only in Pliny).

I A white spot , a disease of the eye; film , albugo , Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 70: oculorum albugines, id. 24, 5, 11, § 19: pupillarum, id. 29, 6, 38, § 117: habere in oculo, Vulg. Lev. 21, 20.—*

II In the plur., scurf upon the head , Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 160.

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