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