Latin

Adjective

amethystīzōn

1. having the color of amethyst
   • AD 77–79, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis Historia, book XXXVII, chapter xxv, § 93:

     in masculis quoque observant liquidiores aut flammae nigriores et quosdam ex alto lucidos ac magis ceteris in sole flagrantes, optimos vero amethystizontas, hoc est quorum extremus igniculus in amethysti violam exeat, proximos illis, quos vocant syrtitas, pinnato fulgore radiantes.

Related terms

• amethystus

References

• ămĕthystīzōn in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ămĕthystizōn”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 113/2.
• “amethystīzōn” on page 117/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)