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jacinthinus

jacinthinus [LL < CL hyacinthinus < ὑακίνθινος] 1 of ‘hyacinth’, made from hyacinth flowers. valet oleum camomellinum in quo coquantur flores jacinthi crescentis in campis, et voco istud oleum ~um Gad. 39v. 2. 2 of ‘jacinth’, made from jacinth stones. stat ibidem regia columpnis elata, / cujus substat jaspide basis solidata; / paries jacinctinus, tecta deaurata ‥ (Metamorphosis Goliae Episcopi 39) Ps.-Map 22 (cf. Exod. xxvi 1); 1245 in ‥ interhumerali [casule] breudatur flos vinealis, appositis lapidibus jacinctinis Invent. S. Paul. 482; tu stella matutina / ‥ / visio saphirina, / sintilla jacinctina J. Howd. Viola 71. 3 blue, hyacinth-colored, like the flower or the gem. b blue-black. tonica coccinea sive jacintina [gl.: hæwen] Aldh. VirgP 58; aeri, jacinctini GlC A 356; summi pontifices ‥ spe debent radiare celesti, quod representat tunica jacinctina Osb. Clar. Ep. 9 p. 73; fimbrias jacinctinas Andr. S. Vict. Comm. 126 (v. fimbria 2a); exornat vestis hunc duplex, serica primo, / jacinctina sibi nomen vocat altera ferri Garl. Myst. Eccl. p. 148; ‘habebant loricas igneas et jacinctinas et sulphureas’ [Apoc. ix 17] ‥ glossa ‥ inquit, per jacinctum intellige simulationem justitie Peckham Paup. 16 p. 72; 1432 item j vestimentum ‥ de jacinctino cerico (Invent. Ch.) Reg. Glasg. 333; jacinctinus, A. ynde colour WW; 1553 de jacinctina saiea (v. frengia).  b VSH II 248 v. l. (v. jacinthus 4b). 4 (as sb. m. or n.) seed of a blue flower, ? blue poppy, cornflower, or flax. seminavit jacintinum ibi contra voluntatem beati Albei ‥ et illud jacintinum versum est in linum (Albeus 30) VSH I 58.

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