I.a paint, wash for the face (ante- and post-class.).
I. Lit.: “pigmentum ullum, neque cerussam Melinumve neque aliam ullam offuciam,” Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 107.—
II. Trop., a trick, delusion, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 123: “id praestigiarum atque offuciarum genus,” delusions, Gell. 14, 1, 2.