collyrium

[ kuh-leer-ee-uhm ]

noun

, plural col·lyr·i·a [k, uh, -, leer, -ee-, uh], col·lyr·i·ums.

1. eyewash ( def 1 ).

collyrium

/ kɒˈlɪərɪəm /

noun

1. a technical name for an eyewash

Word History and Origins

Origin of collyrium¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek kollȳ́rion eye salve

Word History and Origins

Origin of collyrium¹

C16: from Latin, from Greek kollurion poultice, eye salve

Example Sentences

Ms Jaya, who holds a masters degree in art, paints her body with collyrium, a type of dark eye shadow, whenever she steps out of her home studio.

From BBC

Those fibers helped the tablets hold their round, loaf-like shape, which may be the key to the medication's use: the Greek word meaning “small round loaves” also inspired the word collyrium, or eye-wash.

From Scientific American

And they note that the Latin word for eyewash, collyrium, derives from a Greek word meaning "small round loaves."

From Science Magazine

Her eyes are elongated just when she grows up: or possibly the poet means that she then first artificially extends their length with a line of collyrium.

From Project Gutenberg

The blindness of pride has been removed from my eyes through the collyrium of your grace now, and true knowledge has dawned on me.

From Project Gutenberg