mithrax

ἀπὸ λεπτοῦ μίτου τὸ ζῆν ἤρτηται → life hangs by a thin thread

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mithrax: or mitrax, ācis, m., = μίθραξ,
I a Persian precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173; also called mithridax, Sol. 37.

mĭthrax ou mĭtrax, ācis, m., sorte d’opale : Plin. 37, 173.

mithrāx, thrācis, f., ein Edelstein, viell. eine Art Opal, Plin. 37, 173; ders. mithridāx, ācis, f., Solin. 37, 12. Isid. orig. 16, 4, 21 u. 12, 2.