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Σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Man is a dream of a shadow
capnītis: ĭdis, f., = καπνῖτις, smoky;I a kind of cadmia, Plin. 34, 10, 22, § 101.—II A smoke-colored precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 151.