galactites

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

gălactītes, ae, m., and gălactītis, ĭdis, f., = γαλακτίτης and γαλακτῖτις,

a precious stone of a milk-white color , otherwise unknown , milk-stone , Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162. —Called also gălaxias , ae, m., = γαλαξίας, id. ib.