stephanitis

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

stĕphănītis, ĭdis, f., = στεφανῖτις,

a kind of vine , which winds about in the shape of garlands , Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 42; Macr. S. 2, 16 fin. —Called also, stĕphănītes , ae, m., = στεφανίτης, Col. 3, 2, 2; Isid. Orig. 17, 5.