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  "headword": "ψιμύθιον",
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          "definition": "<i>white lead,</i> 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 (i A. D.), PLond. 3.928.21, PMed.Strassb. p.4 (ii A. D.), and as v.l. in Dsc. 5.88, etc.; ψιμμύθιον Jul. l.c., v.l. in Gp. ll. cc.; ψιμμίθιον as v.l. in Dsc. l.c.: Aeol. ψημύθιον, acc. to Choerob. in Theod. 1.201 H., Id. in An.Ox. 2.241 ( Ion. acc. to EM 103.25): v. ψιμυθιόω.) [ ῡ, Ar. ll. cc., etc.; ψι⏓ indeterminate in these passages; ψῑμῡθίου in a hexam. ( Nic. Al. 75) might be due to metrical lengthening of ψῐ-: cf. ψίμυθος.]",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐντετριμμένην ψιμυθίῳ",
                "ref": "X. Oec. 10.2",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τῷ ψ. κεχρισμένος",
                "ref": "Jul. Or. 7.233b",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.233b"
              }
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