capnias

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

capnĭas, ae, m., = καπνίας, smoky.

I (Sc. οἶνος.) A kind of wine , Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 39.—

II A precious stone of a smoky hue , of several varieties.

A A kind of jasper , Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118 (called, id. 37, 10, 56, § 151, capnitis = καπνίτης).—

B A kind of chrysolite; prob. our smoky topaz , Plin. 37, 9, 44, § 128.