amethystinus

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

ămĕthystĭnus, a, um, adj. [amethystus].

I Of the color of amethyst : vestes, Mart. 1, 97, 7.—Also absol. : amethystina (sc. vestimenta), * Juv. 7, 136.—

II Set or adorned with amethyst : trientes, Mart. 10, 49.

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