alipilus

• 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).

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]

(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.