A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), COLLY´RIUM

Home Collections/Texts Perseus Catalog Research Grants Open Source About Help

Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:

This text is part of:

Greek and Roman Materials

View text chunked by:

COLLY´RIUM

COLLY´RIUM (κολλύριον, diminutive of κολλύρα, a roll; hence):

1. In medical language, a tent, pessary or suppositary, made of medicinal substances and inserted into the orifices of the body, such as the nostrils or the anus or into an ulcer. Thus Celsus (5.28): “collyrium fieri debet altera parte tenuius, altera parte plenius; idque ea parte qua tenuius est antecedente, demitti oportet in fistulam.” (Cf. Scrib. Largus, Comp. Med. 142; Col. 6.30; Cael. Aurel. Acut. 2.12; Hipp. 609, 44.)

2. A liquid eye-salve (Hor. Sat. 1.5, 30; Cels. 7.7, 4; Veget. 3.16, 248, 18, 2; Arr. Epict. 2.21, 20, 3.21, 21). Many instructions for the composition of these medicaments may be found in Marcell. Empir. viii.

[J.H.F]

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. William Smith, LLD. William Wayte. G. E. Marindin. Albemarle Street, London. John Murray. 1890.

Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar:

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890)
William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin, Ed.

This text is part of:

View text chunked by:

Table of Contents:

COLLY´RIUM

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin, Ed.

This text is part of:

View text chunked by:

Table of Contents:

COLLY´RIUM

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890)
William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin, Ed.