ου (τὸ) [ῐῡ] blanc de céruse qui servait de fard, AR. Eccl. 878, 929, 1072 ; XÉN. Œc. 10, 2 ; ou comme teinture pour les cheveux, PLAT. Lys. 217 d.

➳ [ῑ] NIC. Al. 75 ; [ῠ] ANTH. 11, 374, 408.

Étym. ψίμυθος.

(v. infr.), τό, = 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 BC), IG 5(1).1390.22 (Andania, i BC), POxy. 1088.4 (i AD), PLond. 3.928.21, PMed. Strassb. p. 4 (ii AD), 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.) [υ, Ar. ll.cc., etc. ; ψι- indeterminate in these passages; ψιμυθίου in a hexam. (Nic. Al. 75) might be due to metrical lengthening of ψι-; cf. ψίμυθος.]

τό, = ψίμυθος ; Ar. Plut. 1064 ; ψίμυθίῳ καταπεπλασμένη Eccl. 878, vgl. 929, 1072 ; εἴ τίς σου ξανθὰς οὔσας τὰς τρίχας ψιμυθίῳ ἀλείψειε Plat. Lys. 217d.