chryselectrum

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

chrȳsēlectrum, i, n., = χρυσήλεκτρον.

I Gold-colored amber , a precious stone , Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 51.—

II chrȳsē-lectrus , i, f., a dark-yellow precious stone , perh. amber-colored hyacinth , Plin. 37, 9, 43, § 127.