The corpus record — Latin

lomentum

lomentum · n

a mixture of bean-meal and rice kneaded together, used by the Roman ladies for preserving the smoothness of their skin

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De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
Naturalis Historia 11 · 0.28/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

lōmentum — Lewis & Short

lōmentum, i, n.lavo,

I a mixture of bean-meal and rice kneaded together, used by the Roman ladies for preserving the smoothness of their skin.

I Lit.: lomento rugas condere, Mart. 3, 42, 1: ex faba lomentum factum, Pall. Oct. 14, 9.—

B Transf.

1 A kind of blue color, azure: lomentum est caeruleo candidius, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 162. —

2 Bean-meal: lomentum appellatur ea farina, Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 117.—*

II Trop., a wash, cosmetic, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.

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