botryitis

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

bō̆tryītis, ĭdis, f., = βοτρυῗτις and βοτρυώδης (cluster-shaped),

I a kind of calamine , Cels. 6, 6, n. 6; Plin. 34, 10, 22, § 101; Scrib. Comp. 24 and 220.—

II A precious stone in the form of a cluster of grapes , otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 55, § 150.