collyrium
Americannoun
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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 name Tútíá for collyrium is now not used in Kermán.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
I tried to be poetical and said it was like blue collyrium on the fringe of lashes enhancing a beautiful blue eye.
From Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore by Tagore, Rabindranath
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 Arbuthnot, F. F.
The man that treads along the path of madness should be subjected to medical treatment by the aid of incense and collyrium, of drugs applied through the nose, and of other medicines.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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