Lewis & Short

† callithrix, trĭchos, f., = καλλίθριξ (fair-haired).

  1. I. A plant used for coloring the hair, also called trichomanes, Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 160; 26, 14, 87, § 147; 25, 11, 86, § 135.
  2. II. Plur.: callitrĭches, um, a kind of ape or monkey in Ethiopia; acc. to Lichtenstein, Simia faunus, Linn.; Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 216.