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sinopis, n.|sɪˈnəʊpɪs|
[a. L. sinōpis: see sinople n.]
= sinoper n. 2 a.
1857Bostock & Riley tr. Pliny's Nat. Hist. VI. xxxv. xii. 236 There are three kinds of sinopis, the red, the pale red, and the intermediate... Used medicinally, sinopis is of a soothing nature and is employed as an ingredient in plasters and emollient poultices. 1934H. Hiler Notes Technique of Painting ii. 134 We are told that Apelles and Micomachus created masterpieces with a palette of four colours: White, Melos earth... Yellow, Attic ochre... Red, Sinopis earth [etc.]. 1969R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms & Techniques 363/1 Sinopia,..an obsolete name for native red iron oxide pigment. Known also as sinope, sinoper, and sinopis. |