Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Collyrium

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

COLLY'RIUM (κολλύριον). A medical substance made up into the shape of a collyra, composed of various ingredients, according to the nature of the remedy required, and applied externally for rubbing the parts affected, or for inserting into any hollow, such as the nostrils, &c. Celsus, v. 28. 12. Hor. Sat. i. 5. 50. Scrib. Comp. 142. Columell. vi. 30. 8.