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metopion

metopion · n

The gum of an African tree, also called

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

mĕtōpĭon — Lewis & Short

mĕtōpĭon or -um, ii, n. (also mĕ-tops, ōpis, metw/pion.

Sol. 40), =

I The gum of an African tree, also called ammoniacum, Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107; Sol. 27, 47. —

II Oil of bitter almonds, almond-oil, Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 26 (Jahn, neopum).—

III An ointment made with galbanum, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8.

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