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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψίλωθρον (psílōthron).
Noun
psīlōthrum n (genitive psīlōthrī); second declension
- An unguent for removing the hair and making the skin smooth, a depilatory
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “psilothrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- psilothrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “psilothrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “psilothrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin