gypsum

i, n.
I. white lime plaster, gypsum.
I. Lit., Plin. 36, 24, 59, § 182; 14, 19, 24, § 120; 20, 9, 39, § 98; Col. 12, 20, 8; Cato, R. R. 39, 1 al.—
II. Transf., figures in gypsum, plaster images: plena omnia gypso Chrysippi, Juv. 2, 4.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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