haemachates

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αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

haemăchātes: ae, m., = αἱμαχάτης>,
I blood-colored agate, a precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 139.