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LNS

glaucūma, glaucūmae

glaucoma, glaucuma

γλαύκωμα

noun (f., 1^st declension)

an obscuration of the crystalline lens, a cataract

Abbreviations

glaucōma, atis, n. (also glaucū-ma, ae, f., Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70 Ritschl, N. cr.), = γλαύκωμα, an obscuration of the crystalline lens, a cataract, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 117 al.; Prud. Ham. 90.

—Comically: alicui glaucumam ob oculos obicere, qs. to throw dust in his eyes, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70.