platyophthalmus

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

plătyophthalmus, i, m., = πλατυόφθαλμος (eye-dilator), a name for

antimony , because it was supposed to enlarge and beautify the eye, Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 102.