Latin definition for: pyrites, pyritae

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. flint
  2. iron sulfide
  3. millstone
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Science, Philosophy, Mathematics, Units/Measures
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)

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