Latin definition for: basanites, basanitae

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. kind of quartz used in touchstones/whetstones/mortars (basanite?)
  2. teststone
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)

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