nilios

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Γυνὴ δὲ χρηστὴ πηδάλιόν ἐστ' οἰκίας → Honesta mulier est gubernaculum domus → Des Hauses Steuerruder ist die brave Frau

Menander, Monostichoi, 99

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nīlĭos: ii, f., = νείλιος,
I a precious stone, of the color of a dark topaz, Plin. 37, 8, 35, § 114.