collyrium
Americannoun
plural
collyria, collyriumsnoun
Etymology
Origin of collyrium
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek kollȳ́rion eye salve
Vocabulary lists containing collyrium
Example Sentences
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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
Her eyes were large and peculiarly black, and fringed by long lashes, which, aided by the collyrium with which they were tinged, formed a sort of ambuscade, from which she levelled her shafts.
From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by Morier, James
The lampblack used as collyrium is always called Surmah.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
O for the collyrium of Tobias inclosed in a whiting's liver to send you with no apocryphal good wishes!
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary
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 Youatt, William
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