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countable and uncountable, plural collyria or collyriums
A lotion or liquid wash used as a cleanser for the eyes; an eye-salve. quotations examples
Democritus' collyrium is not so sovereign to the eyes as this is to the heart […]
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, partition II, section 2, member 6, subsection ii
Loosely, any product applied to or around the eyes; kohl. quotations examples
[…] there were rings of collyrium about her eyes.
1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 44