noun
offūcĭa
Meaning
- a paint
offūcĭa, ae, f. ob-fucus,
I. a paint, wash for the face (ante- and post-class.).
I. Lit.:
pigmentum ullum, neque cerussam Melinumve neque aliam ullam offuciam, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 107.—II. Trop., a trick, delusion, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 123:
id praestigiarum atque offuciarum genus, delusions, Gell. 14, 1, 2.