collyrium
Americannoun
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collyria,
plural
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collyriums
plural
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
An infusion of digitalis, with twenty times the quantity of tepid water, was employed as a collyrium, and an aloetic ball administered.
From The Dog by William Youatt
Paulinus of Nola, always beflowered and elegant, wrote to Augustin: "Your letters are a luminous collyrium spread over the eyes of my mind."
From Saint Augustin by Vincent O'Sullivan
He kneaded the whole into collyrium, heated it, placed it on the seal, previously moistened with his tongue, and so took a mould.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
The eyes are painted with collyrium and the feet with red dye.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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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