clyster

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

clyster (cluster, Scrib. Comp. 179), ēris (abl. clystĕre, Aem. Mac. cap. de anetho), m., = κλυστήρ.

I A clyster , injection (pure Lat. lotio, Cels. 2, 12), id. 7, 27; Scrib. Comp. 154; 179 al.; Plin. 25, 5, 23, § 56; Suet. Ner. 20 al.—

II A clyster-pipe or syringe , Suet. Claud. 44; Plin. 31, 6, 33, § 65; Dig. 9, 2, 9: oricularius, an ear-syringe , Cels. 7, 27; Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1.

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