μοργανίτης

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ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea

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Greek Monolingual

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(ορυκτ.) ορυκτό που χρησιμοποιείται ως πολύτιμος λίθος και αποτελεί ποικιλία της βηρύλλου με ροζ ή ιώδες χρώμα, λόγω της παρουσίας καισίου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Μεταφορά στην ελλ. ξεν. όρου, πρβλ. αγγλ. morganite < όν. του J. P. Μorgan, Αμερικανού δημοσιονόμου].