ALI´PILUS
ALI´PILUS a slave who attended on bathers, to remove
the superfluous hair from their bodies (Sen.
Ep. 56.2;
Pignorius,
de Serv. 42;
C. I. L. 4302; Juv.
Sat. 11.157, with Mayor's note). The
practice extended to ladies, who had female slaves for the purpose, called
παρατίλτριαι (Cratin. fr. 251, Meineke;
cf. Ovid,
Ars Amat. 3.194). Tweezers were used
(
volsellae,
Mart. 9.28,
5) or
depilatory ointment. [
PSILOTHRUM]
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