călămi-strum

călămister, tri, m. (ante- and postclass.; nom. not found; also călămi-strum, i, n., Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 21; Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.; Non. p. 546, 16; Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 100; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 4.— Plur.: calamistra, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.) [calamus], a hollow, tubular iron for curling the hair, a curling-iron, crisping-pin.

Lit.: calamistrum quod his calfactis in cinere capillus ornatur, Varr. L. L. l. l.; Serv. l. l.; cf. Isid. Orig. l. l.;

10, 57: meum, Plaut. Curc. l. l.: calamistri vestigia,

Cic. post Red. in Sen. 7, 16:

crines calamistro convertere,

Petr. 102, 15:

L. (i. e. libertae) A CALAMISTRO,

women who curl hair, Inscr. Murat. 991, 2.—

Trop., of discourse, excessive or artificial ornament, flourish of words:

tum removebitur omnis insignis ornatus quasi margaritarum, ne calamistri quidem adhibebuntur,

Cic. Or. 23, 78; so id. Brut. 75, 262:

calamistri Maecenatis et tinnitus Gallionis,

Tac. Or. 26.

călămister, tri, m. (ante- and postclass.; nom. not found; also călămi-strum, i, n., Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 21; Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.; Non. p. 546, 16; Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 100; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 4.— Plur.: calamistra, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.) [calamus], a hollow, tubular iron for curling the hair, a curling-iron, crisping-pin.

Lit.: calamistrum quod his calfactis in cinere capillus ornatur, Varr. L. L. l. l.; Serv. l. l.; cf. Isid. Orig. l. l.;

10, 57: meum, Plaut. Curc. l. l.: calamistri vestigia,

Cic. post Red. in Sen. 7, 16:

crines calamistro convertere,

Petr. 102, 15:

L. (i. e. libertae) A CALAMISTRO,

women who curl hair, Inscr. Murat. 991, 2.—

Trop., of discourse, excessive or artificial ornament, flourish of words:

tum removebitur omnis insignis ornatus quasi margaritarum, ne calamistri quidem adhibebuntur,

Cic. Or. 23, 78; so id. Brut. 75, 262:

calamistri Maecenatis et tinnitus Gallionis,

Tac. Or. 26.