collyrium means A lotion or liquid wash used as a cleanser for the eyes; an eye-salve. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
collyrium is pronounced /kəˈlɪɹɪəm/.
Why “collyrium” is a great word
COLLYRIUM — [Noun] A medicinal wash or salve used to cleanse or treat the eyes. From Latin collȳrium ("eye salve"), from Ancient Greek κολλύριον (kollúrion, "small roll of bread, poultice"), diminutive of κόλλυρα (kóllura, "a roll of bread"). Unlike kohl, a cosmetic powder for the lids, or the modern sterile eye drop, collyrium is the ancient, encompassing term for an ocular balm. It is the cool infusion of rosewater trickling from a ceramic cup, the careful smear of a beeswax salve from a stone jar, or the patient grinding of herbs against a mortar's bowl—a humble, kneaded testament to humanity's age-old battle against the world's inevitable blur.
Etymology
From Latin collȳrium, from Ancient Greek κολλύριον (kollúrion, “poultice”). Doublet of koulouri.
noun
- A lotion or liquid wash used as a cleanser for the eyes; an eye-salve.“Democritus' collyrium is not so sovereign to the eyes as this is to the heart […]”
- Loosely, any product applied to or around the eyes; kohl.“[…] there were rings of collyrium about her eyes.”