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C / callĭblĕphărum
noun

callĭblĕphărum

gen. callĭblĕphări · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
(, Marc. Emp. 8 fin.), , , = καλλιβλέφαρον (sc. φάρμακον)
a dye for coloring the eyebrows; with beautiful eyelids •
a dye for coloring the eyebrows, Varr. ap. Non. p. 218, 22; Plin. 21, 19, 73, § 123; 23, 4, 51, § 97; 33, 6, 34, § 102. —Hence, † callĭblĕphărātus, a, um, adj., with beautiful eyelids: ostrea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 61.
Perseus ID: n6274 Key: calliblepharum