androdamas

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Θνητὸς πεφυκὼς τοὐπίσω πειρῶ βλέπειν → Homo natus id, quod instat, ut videas, age → Als sterblich Wesen mühe dich zu seh'n, was folgt

Menander, Monostichoi, 249

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

andrŏdămās: antis, m., = ἀνδροδάμας (man-subduing).
I A species of bloodstone (so called from its great hardness), Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146.—
II A silver-colored, quadrangular, and cubical precious stone (acc. to Bruckmann, a cubical, silver-colored marcasite), Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 144.