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callaïs , ĭdis, f., = καλλαΐς,
I.a sea-green precious stone, the turquoise, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 151 (in Sol. 20 called callaica).—Hence,
II. callăĭnus , a, um, adj., turquoisecolored: “lacernae,Mart. 14, 139.—Subst.: callăĭna , ae, f., a precious stone of a pale-green color, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 110 sq.; 37, 10, 54, § 147; cf. id. 37, 10, 56, § 151.
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