stypticus

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

styptĭcus, a, um, adj., = στυπτικός,

astringent , styptic : medicamenta, Plin. 24, 13, 73, § 120: natura herbae, id. 32, 9, 36, § 111: vis, Macr. S. 7, 16 fin. : vinum, of an acid taste , Pall. Jan. 17; id. Oct. 14, 1.