gem

From LSJ

ἐκ Χάεος δ' Ἔρεβός τε μέλαινά τε Νὺξ ἐγένοντο... (Hesiod's Theogony 123) → From Chasm, Erebos and black Night came to be...

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

Ar. and P. λίθος, ὁ or ἡ, P. λιθίδιον, τό. See Plato, Phaedo, 110D-E for reference to gems. See also jewel.

verb transitive

Use P. and V. ποικίλλειν.