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haematites

From LSJ

Ἐν μυρίοισι τὰ καλὰ γίγνεται πόνοις → Magni est laboris, quicquid est pulchri uspiam → Das Schöne formt in tausendfältgen Mühen sich

Menander, Monostichoi, 176

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

haemătītes: ae, m., = αἱματίτης.
I blood-stone, a kind of red iron-ore, hematite, Plin. 36, 16, 25, §§ 129, 130; 36, 20, 37, § 144.—In apposition: lapis haematites purgat, Cels. 5, 3.—
II A red-colored precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 169.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

hæmătītēs, æ, m. (αἱματίτης), hématite, sanguine, mine de fer d’un rouge brun : Plin. 36, 129.

Latin > German (Georges)

haematītēs, ae, m. (αἱματίτης), der Blutstein, eine Art roter Eisenstein, Plin. 36, 129 u. 130 (wo Dat. heteroklit. haematiti) u.a.

Latin > Chinese

haematites, ae. m. :: 代赭石