chelonitis

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

chĕlōnītis, ĭdis, f., = χελωιῖτις,

a precious stone like the tortoise , Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155; cf. Isid. Orig. 16, 15, 29.

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