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.
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J.H.F]