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LNS

Cimōlus, Cimōlī

Cimolus

Κίμωλος

noun (f., 3^rd Greek declension)

an island of the Cyclades, distinguished for its chalky soil
Kimolo
Argentiera

Abbreviations

Cimōlus, i, f., = Κίμωλος, an island of the Cyclades, distinguished for its chalky soil, now Kimolo or Argentiera, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70; Ov. M. 7, 463.

—Hence, Cimō-lius, a, um, adj., of or from Cimolus: creta (freq. used in medicine), Cels. 2, 33; Col. 6, 17, 4; Scrib. Comp. 245; Veg. 2, 29; 3, 4; cf. Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 195 sq.