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)
sĭdērītes: ae, m., = σιδηρίτης.
I A loadstone, magnet, Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 127 (Jan. sideritis).—
II A kind of diamond, Plin. 37, 4, 16, § 58.
sĭdērītēs, is, m. (σιδηρίτης), aimant : Plin. 37, 58 || sorte de diamant : Plin. 37, 58.
