strigmentum

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

strigmentum, i, n. [stringo].

I In gen., that which is scratched or scraped off , a scraping (post-Aug.), Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17.—

II In partic., filth or dirt scraped off , Cels. 2, 6 med. ; 5, 2, 4; Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 160; 28, 4, 13, § 51; Val. Max. 9, 14, ext. 2 al.