irinus

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

īrĭnus, a, um, adj., = ἴρινος,

of or belonging to the plant iris , iris- : sucus, Plin. 30, 14, 43, § 142: unguentum, Cels. 5, 18, 8. — Hence, subst.: īrĭnum , i, n., ointment made from the iris , iris-ointment , Cels. 3, 18; Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182.

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