haematites
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
haemătītes: ae, m., = αἱματίτης.
I blood-stone, a kind of red iron-ore, hematite, Plin. 36, 16, 25, §§ 129, 130; 36, 20, 37, § 144.—In apposition: lapis haematites purgat, Cels. 5, 3.—
II A red-colored precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 169.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hæmătītēs, æ, m. (αἱματίτης), hématite, sanguine, mine de fer d’un rouge brun : Plin. 36, 129.
