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cilium

cilium · n

An eyelid

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Where it lives

Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

cĭlĭum — Lewis & Short

cĭlĭum, ii, n.kindr. with Gr. kuli/s, ku/la.

I An eyelid, Paul. ex Fest. p. 43, 3 Müll.; Plin. 11, 39, 93, § 227; App. M. 10, p. 247, 10; Lact. Opif. Dei, 10 init.—

II Transf., the lower eyelid (opp. supercilium): extremum ambitum genae superioris, Plin. 11, 37, 57, § 157.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cilium (scan p. 652; entry #10788).

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