crystallum

καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled

Latin > English

crystallum crystalli N N :: ice; rock crystal; crystal drinking cup; crystal-ware (pl.); crystal-like thing

crystallum: i, n. (analog. to the Gr. crystallus, i, m., Sol. 15 fin.), = κρύσταλλος.
I Ice, Auct. Priap. 63, 6.—
II A crystal, mountain- or rock-crystal, Plin. 37, 2, 9, § 23; Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 192; Curt. 3, 3, 8; Stat. S. 1, 2, 126.—
   B Meton.
   1    Any thing made of crystal, a crystal vase for drinking, Mart. 9, 22, 7; 10, 66, 5.—
   2    That which is similar to crystal. —So of the glittering precious stone of a ring: aquosa, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 52.

crystallum, s. crystallus.