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alcўŏnēus

alcўŏnēus · adj

pertaining to Alcyone

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What it meant

alcўŏnēus — Lewis & Short

alcўŏnēus and -nĭus (halc-), a, um, adj.Alcyone,

I pertaining to Alcyone or alcyon (v. alcedo).

a Alcyonei dies = alcedonia (q. v.), Col. 11, 2.—

b Alcyoneum medicamen, or absol.: alcўŏnēum, i, n., or even alcўŏnĭum. sea-foam, used as a remedy for spots on the face: alcyoneo utuntur ad oculorum cicatrices, Plin. 32, 8, 27, § 86; cf. Cels. 5, 6, 18, n. 26.

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