calliblepharum

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

callĭblĕphărum (callĭblĕphărĭ-um, Marc. Emp. 8 fin.), i, n., = καλλιβλέφαρον (sc. φάρμακον),

a dye for coloring the eyebrows , Varr. ap. Non. p. 218, 22; Plin. 21, 19, 73, § 123; 23, 4, 51, § 97; 33, 6, 34, § 102. —Hence, † callĭblĕphărātus , a, um, adj., with beautiful eyelids : ostrea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 61.