selenitis

sĕlēnītis, ĭdis, f., or sĕlēnītes, ae, m., = σεληνῖτις,

• crystalline gypsum, selenite. Form selenitis, Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181; form selenites, Sol. 37, 31; Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 5; Isid. 16, 4, 6.

selēnītis, idis, f. (σεληνῖτις), ein mondlichtfarbiger Edelstein, der Gipsselenit, das Marienglas, Plin. 37, 181. – dass. selēnītēs, ae, m. (σεληνίτης), Solin. 37, 21. Augustin. de civ. dei 21, 5, 1. p. 496. 15 D.² Isid. orig. 16, 4, 6 u. (mit der Variante selenitis) 16, 10, 7. Prisc. perieg. 989.

selenitis [CL < σεληνίτης], crystalline gypsum, selenite. lapis ~es in Perside potentiae lunaris effectum mirifice demonstrat Bede TR 28; a luna, quam majores dixere silenen, / rite silenitem nomen habere putant Neckam DS VI 250; silenites est lapis †perticus [l. Persicus] ut herba virens cujus color jaspidi similis est Bart. Angl. XVI 90; adducit exemplum de lapide ~e cujus splendor crescit cum luna primi mensis et decrescit Bacon Maj. I 284.

selenitis , idis. f.
元精石。玄精石。

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sĕlēnītis, selenitĭdis, f.: = selenites.