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ὑαλοειδής

ὑαλοειδής, like glass, glassy, transparent

ὑᾰλο-ειδής, ές,
  • like glass, glassy, transparent, ὑγρόν vitreous humour, Gal. UP 14.6, cf. Id. 19.358; ἥλιος Philol. ap. Placit. 2.20.12 (also ὑελ- ib. 2.25.11); ὁ ὑ. χιτὼν ὀφθαλμοῦ the crystalline lens of the eye, Medici ap. Poll. 2.71.
      • 2 ἡ ὑ. λίθος a precious stone, perh. topaz, Thphr. Lap. 30; ὑαλοειδέες . . τόπαζοι Orph. L. 280. [v. ὕαλος fin.]

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