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capnias

capnias · m

A kind of wine

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

capnĭas — Lewis & Short

capnĭas, ae, m., = kapni/as, smoky.

I (Sc. oi)=nos.) A kind of wine, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 39.—

II A precious stone of a smoky hue, of several varieties.

A A kind of jasper, Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118 (called, id. 37, 10, 56, § 151, capnitis = kapni/ths).—

B A kind of chrysolite; prob. our smoky topaz, Plin. 37, 9, 44, § 128.

In the wild

capniae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.9.p4
capnias Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.9.p1

Where it came from

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