Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Splenium

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. 

SPLE'NIUM (σπλήνιον). An adhesive plaster, spread upon white linen or leather (Plin. Ep. vi. 22. Ov. A. Am. iii. 202.), and worn in patches upon the face to conceal any defect, sore, or scar (Mart. ii. 29. 10. Id. viii. 33.), like our sticking-plaster.