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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

phengītes: ae, m., = φεγγίτης>,
I phengite, selenite, or erystallized gypsum, used for window-panes: in Cappadociā repertus est lapis candidus, atque translucens, ex argumento phengites appellatus, Plin. 36, 22, 46, § 163; lapis, Suet. Dom. 14.