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pūmex , ĭcis, m. (
I.fem., Cat. 1, 2).
I. Lit., a pumice-stone, Plin. 36, 21, 42, § 154; “used for smoothing books,Cat. 1, 2; 22, 6; Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 2; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11; Mart. 8, 72, 2; hence poet., of verses carefully smoothed, i. e. polished, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8; “used by the effeminate for smoothing the skin,Ov. A. A. 1, 506; Mart. 14, 205; Juv. 8, 16.—Prov.: aquam a pumice postulare, to try to draw blood from a stone, i. e. to demand money from one who has none, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 42; cf. “as an image of dryness: pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex,id. Aul. 2, 4, 8.—
II. Poet., transf., soft stone, porous rock of any kind, Ov. M. 3, 159; 8, 561; id. F. 2, 315; Verg. G. 4, 44; id. A. 5, 214.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.159
    • Plautus, Persa, 1.1
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.214
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.44
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.4
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.1
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.205
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
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