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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δρυῖτις (druîtis).
Pronunciation
Noun
dryītis f (genitive dryītidis); third declension
- (mineralogy) a kind of precious stone (of uncertain type)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “dryitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dryitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.