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amethystus
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Orthography ID = 2002719
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LNS
amethystus, amethystī
amethystus
ἀμέθυστος
noun (f., 3
rd
Greek declension)
The amethyst, a precious stone of violet-blue color
A kind of vine
Abbreviations
amethystus, i, f.
, = ἀμέθυστος. The amethyst, a precious stone of violet-blue color, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 121 sqq.; Vulg. Exod. 28, 19; ib. Apoc. 21, 20.
— A kind of vine, Col. 3, 2, 24; cf. Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 31.