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pastillus , i, m. dim. panis,
I.a little loaf or roll: pastillus forma panis parvi utique deminutivum est a pane, Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 Müll.—
II. Transf., medicine in the form of a round ball or cake, a lozenge, troche, trochisch, Plin. 22, 12, 14, § 29: emplastra pastillique, quos τροχίσκους Graeci vocant, Cels. 5, 17, 2; cf. id. 5, 20: sucum in sole coctum dividunt in pastillos, Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126: “digerere aliquid in pastillos,id. 12, 27, 60, § 131: “in pastillos cogere,id. 20, 1, 2, § 3: “densare in,id. 25, 13, 95, § 152: “diluere in,id. 25, 12, 91. § 143.—Also of aromatic lozenges, used to impart an agreeable smell to the breath: “pastillos Rufillus olet,Hor. S. 1. 2, 27; 1, 4, 92; Mart. 1, 88, 2.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Horace, Satires, 1.2.27
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 20.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 22.29
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 25.12
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.20
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.17
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