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chelonitis1

chelonitis1 · f

a precious stone like the tortoise

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What it meant

1. chĕlōnītis — Lewis & Short

chĕlōnītis, ĭdis, f., = xelwii=tis,

I a precious stone like the tortoise, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155; cf. Isid. Orig. 16, 15, 29.

2. Chĕlōnītis — Lewis & Short

Chĕlōnītis, ĭdis, f., = xelwni=tis,

I an island in the Arabian Gulf, Plin. 6, 27, 32, § 151.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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