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lōmentum , i, n. lavo,
I.a mixture of bean-meal and rice kneaded together, used by the Roman ladies for preserving the smoothness of their skin.
I. Lit.: “lomento rugas condere,” Mart. 3, 42, 1: “ex faba lomentum factum,” Pall. Oct. 14, 9.—
B. Transf.
1. A kind of blue color, azure: “lomentum est caeruleo candidius,” Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 162. —
2. Bean-meal: “lomentum appellatur ea farina,” Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 117.—*
II. Trop., a wash, cosmetic, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 8.14.4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.117
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