Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Pastillus

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

PASTIL'LUS (τροχίσκος). A small round ball of flour or other ingredients; but more especially a pill or pastile of medicinal and odoriferous powder, which was chewed to impart sweetness to the breath, or employed generally for the purpose of diffusing an agreeable odour. Plin. H. N. xiii. 43. Hor. Sat. i. 2. 27.