The corpus record

ψιμύθ-ιον

psimuthion · τό

white lead

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Where it lives

Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Enneads 4 · 0.19/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

white lead

= ψίμυθος, white lead, used as a pigment, esp. to whiten the skin of the face, Ar. Ec. 878, 929, Amips. 3, Dialex. 2.6, etc.; even for the hair, Pl. Ly. 217d; ἐντετριμμένην ψιμυθίῳ X. Oec. 10.2; περιπεπλασμένη ψιμυθίοις . . , ἀνάπλεῳ ψιμυθίου, Eub. 98, cf. Ar. Ec. 1072; τῷ ψ. κεχρισμένος Jul. Or. 7.233b; also used in salves, Gp. 17.7.2, 18.15.3: for its preparation, v. Thphr. Lap. 56. (Written ψιμίθιον in PCair.Zen. 763.19, 789.11, 12 (iii B. C.), IG 5(1).1390.22 (Andania, i B. C.), POxy. 1088.4

In the wild

ψιμυθίῳ · psimythiōi Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1096b (DIORISIS sentence 113)
ψιμυθίῳ · psimythiōi Plato, Lysis 217
ψιμυθίου · psimythiou Plotinus, Enneads 2.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1081)
ψιμυθίωι · psimythiōi Plotinus, Enneads 2.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1077)
ψιμυθίου · psimythiou Plotinus, Enneads 2.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1080)
ψιμυθίου · psimythiou Plotinus, Enneads 2.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1080)

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