ἀργυρίτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, ὁ, fem. ἀργῠρ-ῖτις, ιδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of]] or [[belonging to silver]], γῆ [[containing silver-ore]], <span class="bibl">Posidon. 48</span>, cf. Gal.12.184; ψάμμος Dsc.5.94; βῶλος <span class="bibl">Plb.34.9.10</span>; more freq. <b class="b3">ἀργυρῖτις, ἡ,</b> as [[substantive]], [[silver-ore]], φλὲψ ἀργυρίτιδος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>1.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.4</span>; <b class="b3">κατεργασάμενος τὴν ἀ</b>. Docum. ap. <span class="bibl">D.37.28</span>; also a form of [[λιθάργυρος]], Dsc.5.87. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of or for [[money]], <b class="b3">ἀγὼν ἀργυρίτης</b> a contest [[in which the prize was money]] (cf. [[στεφανίτης]]), Plu.2.820d, Lync. ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.13.584c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[a moneyed man]], AB442. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> fem. <b class="b3">-ῖτις</b>, = [[λινόζωστις ἄρρην]], Ps.-Dsc.4.189.</span>