chrysitis
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
Latin > English
chrysitis (gen.), chrysitidis ADJ :: gold-colored, golden; of golden color
chrysitis chrysitis chrysitidis N F :: plant (Chrysocoma linosyris?); unidentified precious stone; a native lead oxide
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
chrȳsītis: ĭdis, f., = χρυσῖτις.
I Adj., gold-colored: chrysitis spuma. found in silver mines, Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 106.—
II Subst., a plant, also called chrysocome, q. v., Plin. 21, 8, 26, § 50; 21, 20, 85, § 148.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
chrȳsītis, ĭdis, f. (χρυσῖτις), litharge d’or : Plin. 33, 106 || linosyris [plante] : Plin. 21, 50 || pierre précieuse à reflets d’or : Plin. 37, 179.
Latin > German (Georges)
chrȳsītis, tidis, Akk. tim, f. (χρυσιτις), I) goldgelbe Silberglätte, Plin. 33, 106. – II) eine auch chrȳsocomē (χρυσοκόμη, Goldhaar) gen. Pflanze, Plin. 21, 50. – III) ein flammiger Edelstein, auch phloginos gen., Plin. 37, 179.
