myrsinites

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

myrsīnītes, ae, m.

I A precious stone that smells like myrrh , Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 174.—

II A false reading for myrtites, Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 66.