alabastrites

ălăbastrītes, ae, m., = ἀλαβαστρίτης.

• A stone, composed of carbonate of lime (not of gypsum, like the modern alabaster), alabaster-stone; also called onyx and onychites, from which unguent and perfume boxes were made, Plin. 36, 8, 12, § 60.—
• II A precious stone found in the region of the Egyptian town Alabastron, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 143.

alabastrītēs, ae, Akk ēn, m. (ἀλαβαστρίτης), der Alabasterstein, eine Marmorart, woraus Salbenfläschchen u. Trinkgefäße, später auch Amphoren, Säulen u. andere Ornamente verfertigt wurden (also ein Kalk-, nicht, wie unser Alabaster, Gipsstein), Plin. 36, 60 u.ö., s. Romé l'Isle de antiquorum Alabastrite in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Curios. VI. p. 186. – Nbf. alabastrītis, Plin. 37, 143.

alabastrites , (?) onyx. lapis ~es virtutis est laxativi Alph. 92.

ălăbastrītēs, æ, m. , pierre dʼalbâtre : Plin. 36, 182.

alabastrites , ae. m.
白玉。

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ALABASTRITES

ALABASTRI´TES[ALABASTRUM]