Baetulus

·add. ·noun A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin.

baetulus
baetŭlus (bēt-), i, m., = βαιτύλος, a precious stone , round and of a dark color , a species of ...

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