psythius

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

psythĭus or psĭthĭus, a, um, adj., = ψύθιος (ψιθ-),

psythian , a designation of a species of vine: vitis, Verg. G. 4, 269; Col. 3, 2, 24.—Called also simply psythĭa , ae, f., Verg. G. 2, 93; and in plur.: psythiae (sc. uvae), Stat. S. 4, 9, 38.— Neutr. subst. : psythĭum , ii, a kind of raisin - wine , Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80.

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