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ἀμέθυστος

ἀμέθυστος, not drunken; (n) amethyst

ἀμέθυστος, ον, (μεθύω)
  • not drunken, without drunkenness, Plu. Cohib. 2.464c: Comp., Gp. 7.34.2.
    • II not intoxicating, perh. so used in Nonn. D. 19.133: as Subst., ἀμέθυστον, τό, remedy against drunkenness, Archig. ap. Gal. 12.572, Dsc. Eup. 1.24; also ἀμέθυστος, ἡ, Plu. Aud.poet. 2.15b, Ath. 1.34c:—hence, such things as were supposed to act as remedies, viz.,
      • 1 kind of herb, Plu. QConv. 2.647b; = σέλινον ἄγριον, Ps.-Dsc. 2.175.
      • 2 amethyst, LXX Ex. 28.19, Apoc. 21.20, D.P. 1122, AP 5.204, 9.748 (Pl.Jun.):—also ἀμέθυστον, τό, IG ΙΙ(2).287B 22 (Delos, iii B.C.).
      • 3 ἀμέθυστον, τό, kind of grape, Colum. 3.2.24.

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