myrtites

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

myrtītes, ae, m., = μυρτίτης οἶνος.

I Myrtle-wine : vinum myrtiten sic facito, Col. 12, 38: vinum myrtiten sic facies, Pall. 2, 18.—

II A species of the plant tithymalus, Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 66.