amethystinas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →amethystinus, amethystina, amethystinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of the color of amethyst (violet-blue); set/adorned with amethysts;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...illis hoc utile. purpura uendit] causidicum uendunt amethystina; conuenit illi et strepitu et facie maioris uiuere census..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Essem si locuples, munus utrumque darem. CLIV Lanae amethystinae Ebria Sidoniae cum sim de sanguine conchae, Non video..."