cyanos
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cyănŏs: or -us, i, m., = κύανος.
I The blue corn-flower, blue-bottle: Centaurea cyanus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 8, 24, § 48; 21, 11, 39, § 68.—
II A precious stone, a species of lapis lazuli, Plin. 37, 9, 38, § 119.
Latin > English
cyanos cyani N F :: precious stone (like lapis-lazuli); blue cornflower/blue-bottle Centaurea cyanus
