collyrium

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin collȳrium, from Ancient Greek κολλύριον (kollúrion, poultice). Doublet of koulouri.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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collyrium (countable and uncountable, plural collyria or collyriums)

  1. A lotion or liquid wash used as a cleanser for the eyes; an eye-salve.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 6, subsection ii:
      Democritus' collyrium is not so sovereign to the eyes as this is to the heart []
  2. Loosely, any product applied to or around the eyes; kohl.
    • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 44
      [] there were rings of collyrium about her eyes.

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κολλύριον (kollúrion, eye salve).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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collȳrium n (genitive collȳriī or collȳrī); second declension

  1. eye-salve
  2. pessary, suppository

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative collȳrium collȳria
Genitive collȳriī
collȳrī1
collȳriōrum
Dative collȳriō collȳriīs
Accusative collȳrium collȳria
Ablative collȳriō collȳriīs
Vocative collȳrium collȳria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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References

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  • collyrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • collyrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • collyrium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • collyrium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • collyrium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin