anancites

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

ănancītes, ae, m., [ἀν- ἄγχω, to free from distress],

a name of the diamond as a remedy for sadness and trouble of mind : adamas et venena vincit et lymphationes abigit metusque vanos expellit a mente. Ob id quidam eum ananciten vocavere, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 61 Sillig, Jan; the old reading here was anachiten.