human
Nec tua mordaci pumice crura teras. Juv., viii., 16,
gpt
Si tenerum attritus Catinensi pumice lumbum. ix., 95,
human
The pumice-stone, particularly that found at the foot of Mount Ætna, was used to render the skin delicately smooth. Resin, and a kind of plaster made of pitch, was used to eradicate all superfluous hairs. Plin., xiv., 20; xxxv., 21. Cf. ad Juv., viii., 114,
gpt
Resinata juventus. ix., 14,
human
Bruttia præstabat calidi tibi fascia visci.
gpt
Mugire aditis Cortina reclusis. vi., 347,
human
Neque te Phœbi cortina fefellit.
gpt
Quod ante rorat quam pluit.