cyanos

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cyănŏs or -us, i, m., = κύανος.

I The blue corn-flower, blue-bottle : Centaurea cyanus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 8, 24, § 48; 21, 11, 39, § 68.—

II A precious stone, a species of lapis lazuli, Plin. 37, 9, 38, § 119.