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单词 emmetris
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emmetrisn.

Forms: 1600s emmetris (transmission error).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin eumetris.
Etymology: Irregularly < post-classical Latin eumetris (1562 in Cardan, the source of quot. 1621), variant (in 16th-cent. editions of Pliny) of classical Latin eumitres , eumithres , a green-coloured precious stone (Pliny), perhaps < ancient Greek εὐ- eu- comb. form + Μίθρης , Ionic form corresponding to Μίθρας Mithras n., with the literal meaning ‘blessing of Mithras’.
Obsolete. rare.
A green-coloured gem, probably a kind of emerald.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > less identifiable gems > [noun] > green or yellow stone
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1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. i. iv. 442 Which properties..Cardan giues to that greene coloured Emmetris.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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