sideritis

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

sĭdērītis, is, f., = σιδηρῖτις.

I Ironwort , vervain , Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 42; 26, 14, 88, § 148.—

II A precious stone , Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 182. A variety of it, found in Aethiopia, is called sĭdērŏpoecĭlos , = σιδηροποίκιλος, id. 37, 10, 67, § 182.—

III The loadstone , magnet , Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 127 Jan.