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ămĕthystĭnus, a, um, adj. [amethystus].

  1. I. Of the color of amethyst: vestes, Mart. 1, 97, 7.
    Also absol.: amethystina (sc. vestimenta), * Juv. 7, 136.
  2. II. Set or adorned with amethyst: trientes, Mart. 10, 49.

† ămĕthystīzōn, ontis, adj., m., = ἀμεθυστίζων, resembling the amethyst in color: carbunculi, prob. our violet ruby, Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 93.

† ămĕthystus, i, f., = ἀμέθυστος.

  1. I. The amethyst, a precious stone of violet-blue color, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 121 sqq.; Vulg. Exod. 28, 19; ib. Apoc. 21, 20.
  2. II. A kind of vine, Col. 3, 2, 24; cf. Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 31.

† ămētor, ŏris, comm., = ἀμήτωρ, motherless, Tert. Praescr. cap. 53.