psilothrumn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪlə(ʊ)θrəm/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪloʊˌθrəm/

Inflections: Plural psilothra.

Forms:

α. Middle English psilatro, Middle English psilotro, Middle English psilotrum, 1600s psylothrum, 1600s 1900s– psilothrum.

β. 1600s–1800s psilothron.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin psīlōthrum, psilatrum.

Etymology: < classical Latin psīlōthrum a depilatory, white bryony (as the root was used as a depilatory; in post-classical Latin also as psilatrum) < Hellenistic Greek ψίλωθρον a depilatory, white bryony < ancient Greek ψιλοῦν to bare (see psilosis n.) + -θρον , instrumental suffix. Compare psilothre n. and the Romance forms cited at that entry.The Middle English forms psilatro , psilotro are after the Latin ablative singular. In β. forms after the Greek word; compare Middle French psilotron (1478 in a translation of Chauliac).

Now historical.

1. = psilothre n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping or being stripped of hair > that which

psilothre?a1425

rusma1585

depilatory1606

pelador1631

psilothrum1661

wax1926

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. vii. 830 Of auripigment is ymade psilotrum, an oynement þat dooth awey heere and maketh hem falle sone.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 294 (MED) Þou schalt anointe al þe place with psilatro [L. cum psilatro] til al þe heeris falle awei wiþouten ony violence.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 59 The milk..With the gall of an hedghog, and braine of a Bat, it is a psilothron.

1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1050 The Turks take off the hair of their Bodies by a psilothrum mixt with soap.

a1694 A. Balfour Lett. (1700) 62 You would be pleased to enquire after the Psilothrum or Depilatory Ointment, which they use in Rome in the Baths.

1749 J. Barrow Dict. Medicum Universale Psilothron, a depilatory, or medicine to take off the hair.

1789 W. Cullen Treat. Materia Medica I. iii. 149 Psilothra, a term of the same meaning with Depilatoria.

1961 C. D. O'Malley et al. in tr. W. Harvey Lect. on Whole Anat. 146 Psilothra are preparations that remove hair.

1995 R. Zacks Hist. Laid Bare i. 37 Heliogabalus used to go..to the baths with his women, and he would rub a depilatory called psilothrum all over them.

2. White bryony, Bryonia alba (formerly used in preparations for hair removal). Cf. psilothre n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > bryony

neepOE

hound's-berrya1300

smear-nepa1400

white vine?a1425

psilothre?1440

black vine1552

bryony1552

tetter-berry1597

Mary's seal1600

psilothrum1601

wild vine1607

lady's seal1617

black bryony1626

Our Lady's signet1640

poison-withe1693

felon-berrya1715

cow-bind1820

bryony-vine1842

oxberry1859

wood-vine1861

mandrake1886

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. i. 149 There is a certain wild white vine, which the Greeks call Ampeloleuce..or Psilothrum [Fr. les Latins l'appellent Vitis alba, & les Grecz..Psilothrum; L. quam Graeci..psilotrum..appellant]... The root is white and big, like at the first to a radish.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Psilothron, the Herb Briony or white Vine.

1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 707/2 Psilothron, Bryonia alba, Depilatory.

1961 C. D. O'Malley et al. in tr. W. Harvey Lect. on Whole Anat. 146 Psilothrum is another name for Bryonia alba, the white jalap, the dried root of which is both a vesicant and a purgative.

2004 tr. Palladius in J. Henderson Rom. Bk. Gardening iv. 107 Lupine broth boosted with the dryness of ‘psilothrum’ (white bryony).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psilothrum
释义	psilothrumn. Brit. /ˈsʌɪlə(ʊ)θrəm/, U.S. /ˈsaɪloʊˌθrəm/ Inflections: Plural psilothra. Forms: α. Middle English psilatro, Middle English psilotro, Middle English psilotrum, 1600s psylothrum, 1600s 1900s– psilothrum. β. 1600s–1800s psilothron. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin psīlōthrum, psilatrum. Etymology: < classical Latin psīlōthrum a depilatory, white bryony (as the root was used as a depilatory; in post-classical Latin also as psilatrum) < Hellenistic Greek ψίλωθρον a depilatory, white bryony < ancient Greek ψιλοῦν to bare (see psilosis n.) + -θρον , instrumental suffix. Compare psilothre n. and the Romance forms cited at that entry.The Middle English forms psilatro , psilotro are after the Latin ablative singular. In β. forms after the Greek word; compare Middle French psilotron (1478 in a translation of Chauliac). Now historical. 1. = psilothre n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping or being stripped of hair > that which psilothre?a1425 rusma1585 depilatory1606 pelador1631 psilothrum1661 wax1926 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. vii. 830 Of auripigment is ymade psilotrum, an oynement þat dooth awey heere and maketh hem falle sone. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 294 (MED) Þou schalt anointe al þe place with psilatro [L. cum psilatro] til al þe heeris falle awei wiþouten ony violence. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 59 The milk..With the gall of an hedghog, and braine of a Bat, it is a psilothron. 1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1050 The Turks take off the hair of their Bodies by a psilothrum mixt with soap. a1694 A. Balfour Lett. (1700) 62 You would be pleased to enquire after the Psilothrum or Depilatory Ointment, which they use in Rome in the Baths. 1749 J. Barrow Dict. Medicum Universale Psilothron, a depilatory, or medicine to take off the hair. 1789 W. Cullen Treat. Materia Medica I. iii. 149 Psilothra, a term of the same meaning with Depilatoria. 1961 C. D. O'Malley et al. in tr. W. Harvey Lect. on Whole Anat. 146 Psilothra are preparations that remove hair. 1995 R. Zacks Hist. Laid Bare i. 37 Heliogabalus used to go..to the baths with his women, and he would rub a depilatory called psilothrum all over them. 2. White bryony, Bryonia alba (formerly used in preparations for hair removal). Cf. psilothre n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > bryony neepOE hound's-berrya1300 smear-nepa1400 white vine?a1425 psilothre?1440 black vine1552 bryony1552 tetter-berry1597 Mary's seal1600 psilothrum1601 wild vine1607 lady's seal1617 black bryony1626 Our Lady's signet1640 poison-withe1693 felon-berrya1715 cow-bind1820 bryony-vine1842 oxberry1859 wood-vine1861 mandrake1886 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. i. 149 There is a certain wild white vine, which the Greeks call Ampeloleuce..or Psilothrum [Fr. les Latins l'appellent Vitis alba, & les Grecz..Psilothrum; L. quam Graeci..psilotrum..appellant]... The root is white and big, like at the first to a radish. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Psilothron, the Herb Briony or white Vine. 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 707/2 Psilothron, Bryonia alba, Depilatory. 1961 C. D. O'Malley et al. in tr. W. Harvey Lect. on Whole Anat. 146 Psilothrum is another name for Bryonia alba, the white jalap, the dried root of which is both a vesicant and a purgative. 2004 tr. Palladius in J. Henderson Rom. Bk. Gardening iv. 107 Lupine broth boosted with the dryness of ‘psilothrum’ (white bryony). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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