alipilus
alipilus, armpit hair plucker
ālĭpĭlus, i, m. [ala- 1. pilus],
- a slave who plucked the hair from the armpits of the bathers (cf. ala, II.): alipilum cogita tenuem et stridulam vocem, Sen. Ep. 56, 2: M. OCTAVIVS PRIMIGENIVS ALIPILVS A TRITONE, Inscr. Grut. 812, 6 (cf. Inscr. Orell. 4302).
ālipilus, ī, m. (ala u. pilus), der Sklave, der in den röm. Bädern ursprüngl. nur die Haare unter der Achsel (ala, axilla), später am ganzen Leibe, anfangs mit einer Zange, späterhin mit harzigen Stoffen und besondern Ätzmitteln entfernte, Sen. ep. 56, 2. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 9141; vgl. die Auslgg. zu Iuven. 11, 157.
ālĭpĭlus, (16) ī, m. (ala, pilus), qui ôte le poil des aisselles : Sen. Ep. 56, 2.
ALIPILUS
ALI´PILUSa slave who attended on bathers, to remove the superfluous hair from their bodies (Sen. Ep. 56.2; Pignorius, de Serv. 42; C. I. L. 4302; Juv. Sat. 11.157, with Mayor's note). The practice extended to ladies, who had female slaves for the purpose, called παρατίλτριαι (Cratin. fr. 251, Meineke; cf. Ovid, Ars Amat. 3.194). Tweezers were used (volsellae, Mart. 9.28, 5) or depilatory ointment. [PSILOTHRUM]
[W.W]Alipĭlus
(παρατίλτριος). A slave who attended on bathers to remove the superfluous hair from their bodies. Tweezers (volsillae) were used, or depilatory ointment. See Mayor's note on Juv.xi. 157, and the article Psilothrum.