stibium

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

stĭbĭum, ii, n.; also called stĭbi, is, and stimmi = στίβι, στιμμι,

antimony , a sulphuret of antimony , stibium , used by women, in the form of powder, to color their eyebrows and eyelashes black; and in medicine, as an eye-salve, Plin. 33, 6, 33, § 101; 29, 6, 37, § 115; Cels. 6, 6, 6; 6, 6, 8; 6, 6, 12 sq.; Scrib. Comp. 27; 34 al.; Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, 30.

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