chrȳsēlectrum — Lewis & Short
chrȳsēlectrum, i, n., = xrush/lektron.
I Gold-colored amber, a precious stone, Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 51.—
II chrȳsē-lectrus, i, f., a dark-yellow precious stone, perh. amber-colored hyacinth, Plin. 37, 9, 43, § 127.
The corpus record — Latin
chryselectrum
chryselectrum · n
Gold-colored amber
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- chryselectrum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.3.p3
- chryselectro Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.37.p48
Where it came from
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