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LNS

circumlitiō, circumlitiōnis

circumlino

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

A smearing or spreading over, anointing
an overlaying of color, the tint or hue given to marble by rubbing it with a mixture of oil and wax

Abbreviations

circumlitio, ōnis, f. circumlino. A smearing or spreading over, anointing: oris, Plin. 24, 7, 24, § 40.

— In painting, an overlaying of color, the tint or hue given to marble by rubbing it with a mixture of oil and wax, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 133; Sen. Ep. 86, 5; v O. Mull. Archaeol. § 310, 4.