ἡ, Cimolus, an island in the Cyclades; — Adj. Κιμώλιος, α, ον, ἰσχάδες Amphis 40; Κιμωλία (with or without γῆ), ἡ, Cimolian earth, a white clay, like fuller΄s earth, used in baths and barbers’ shops, and in medicine, Ar. Ra. 713 (lyr.), Str. 10.5.1, Dsc. 5.156.

Place, proper name

• site of the polis of Kimolos, with scanty Archaic to Late Antique remains, some under water, the modern Ag. Andreas on Kimolos, Cyclades. (TOPOS text)
• an island in the Cyclades famous for the medicinal Cimolian earth (chalk). (TOPOS text)