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Cimolus

Cimolus · f

an island of the Cyclades

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What it meant

Cĭmōlus — Lewis & Short

Cĭmōlus, i, f., = *ki/mwlos,

I an island of the Cyclades, distinguished for its chalky soil, now Kimolo or Argentiera, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70; Ov. M. 7, 463.—Hence,
II Cĭmō-lĭus, a, um, adj., of or from Cimolus: creta (freq. used in medicine), Cels. 2, 33; Col. 6, 17, 4; Scrib. Comp. 245; Veg. 2, 29; 3, 4; cf. Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 195 sq.

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