alabastrites

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

ălăbastrītes, ae, m., = ἀλαβαστρίτης.

I A stone , composed of carbonate of lime (not of gypsum, like the modern alabaster), alabaster-stone; also called onyx and onychites, from which unguent and perfume boxes were made, Plin. 36, 8, 12, § 60.—

II A precious stone found in the region of the Egyptian town Alabastron , Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 143.

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