callais
callaïs, ĭdis, f., = καλλαΐς,
- a sea-green precious stone, the turquoise, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 151 (in Sol. 20 called callaica).—Hence,
- II callăĭnus, a, um, adj., turquoisecolored: lacernae, Mart. 14, 139.—Subst.: callăĭna, ae, f., a precious stone of a pale-green color, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 110 sq.; 37, 10, 54, § 147; cf. id. 37, 10, 56, § 151.
callais, īdis, f. (κάλλαϊς), pierre précieuse imitant le saphir, mais dʼun vert pâle : Plin. 37, 151.