Collyrium
(
κολλύριον, diminutive of
κολλύρα, “a roll”).
1.
In medical language, a tent, pessary, or suppository, made of medicinal substances and
inserted into the orifices of the body, such as the nostrils or the anus, or into an ulcer
(
Cels. v. 28).
2.
A liquid eye-salve (
Hor. Sat. i. 5, 30). Many
instructions for the composition of these medicaments may be found in Marcell. Empir. 8.