chrysitis

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

chrȳsītis, ĭdis, f., = χρυσῖτις.

I Adj., gold-colored : chrysitis spuma. found in silver mines, Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 106.—

II Subst., a plant , also called chrysocome, q. v., Plin. 21, 8, 26, § 50; 21, 20, 85, § 148.