A). = 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 (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. Il. 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.; ψῑ&- indeterminate in these passages; ψῑμῡθίου in a hexam.( Nic. Al. 75 ) might be due to metrical lengthening of ψῐ-: cf. ψίμυθος.]