ophites
ŏphītes, ae, m., = ὀφίτης (snakestone),
- a kind of marble spotted like a snake, serpentine-stone: ophites serpentium maculis similis, unde et nomen accepit, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 55; 36, 22, 43, § 158; Mart. 6, 42, 15; Luc. 9, 714.
ophītēs, ae, m. (ὀφίτης), der Schlangenstein, eine Art Marmor mit Schlangenflecken, wahrsch. unser Serpentinstein, Plin. 36, 56 u. 158. Lucan. 9, 714. Stat. silv. 1, 5, 35: Plur., Mart. 6, 42, 15.
habeat celtem preacutam qua in ‥ adamante, vel offelte [gl.: ], vel marmore ‥ figuras ‥ sculpere ‥ possitpere
~es est species marmoris, et ~es dicitur, tantum propter colorem, quia colore repraesentat serpentes
1 ŏphītēs, æ, m. (Ὀφίτης), ophite ou marbre ophite : Plin. 36, 56.