anancites

anancites
ănancītes, ae, m., [an- anchô, to free from distress], a name of the diamond as a remedy for sadness and trouble of mind:

adamas et venena vincit et lymphationes abigit metusque vanos expellit a mente. Ob id quidam eum ananciten vocavere,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 61 Sillig, Jan; the old reading here was anachiten.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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