- 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. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.