collyrium
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collyria,
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collyriums
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of collyrium
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek kollȳ́rion eye salve
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For it St. Francis' physicians applied eye bindings, salves, plasters and urina virginis pueri, the sovereign eye wash which later became the favorite collyrium of that great medieval Spanish ophthalmologist who became Pope John XXI.
From Time Magazine Archive
The juice of poplar leaves, dropp’d into the ears, asswages the pain; and the buds contus’d, and mix’d with honey, is a good collyrium for the eyes; as the unguent to refrigerate and cause sleep.
From Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees by John Nisbet
Lieutenant Amir also brought copper ore from the Wady 'Urnub, and from the Ras Wady el-Mukhbir specimens of a metal which the Arabs use as a kohl or collyrium.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Eyes twin lotus-blooms, dyed with sūrm, The playground of waves of love— Twin timid partridges, snared by Nature With nought but a rope of collyrium!
From Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna by Vidy?pati Th?kura
A man happened to find on the road a silver brooch, which women use for applying collyrium to their eyes.
From Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature by F. F. Arbuthnot
Under the judicious application of cooling astringent collyria, and other remediate means, the irritation and pain of the parts were relieved, and the lids somewhat retracted.
From The Dog by William Youatt
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