dryitis

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρυῖτις (druîtis).

Pronunciation

Noun

dryītis f (genitive dryītidis); third declension

  1. (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.