Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Alipilus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

'ALIP'ILUS (παρατίλτριος). A slave attached to the baths, or kept by private persons for the purpose of plucking out the straggling hairs from any parts of the body, or under the arm-pits. Both males and females were employed for this purpose. Seneca, Ep. 56. Compare Juv. Sat. xi. 157. Cratin. Ωρ. 2.