crystallinus

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

crystallĭnus, a, um, adj., = κρυστάλλινος, made of crystal, crystalline, crystal.

I Adj. : calices, Capitol. Ver. 5: pila, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 28: centra in sapphiris, id. 37, 9, 39, § 120.—

II Subst.: crystallĭ-num , i, n. (sc. vas), Sen. Ira, 3, 40, 2.— Mostly plur , Juv. 6, 155; Mart. 1, 53, 6; 9, 59, 13; Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 30: PRAEPOSITVS A CRYSTALLINIS, Inscr. Orell. 2953.