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calliblepharum

calliblepharum · n

a dye for coloring the eyebrows

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

callĭblĕphărum — Lewis & Short

callĭblĕphărum (callĭblĕphărĭ-um, i, n., = kallible/faron (sc. fa/rmakon),

Marc. Emp. 8 fin.),

I 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.

In the wild

calliblephara Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.6.p1
calliblephara Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.4.p13

Where it came from

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