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lyncūrĭon or -ĭum , ii, n., = λυγκούριον,
I.a hard, transparent gem, which, according to the opinion of the ancients, was formed of lynxes' urine; prob. the hyacinth or tourmaline, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 137; 37, 2, 11, § 34; 37, 3, 13, § 52; cf. Ov. M. 15, 413; Sol. 2; Hier. Ep. 94, n. 16.—Called also lyncūrĭus , i, m., Isid. 12, 2, 20; 14, 4, 19; 16, 8, 8 (al. ligurius); and lĭgūrĭus , i, m., Hier. Ep. 64, 16; Vulg. Exod. 28, 19.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.413
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 28.19
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 37.34
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 37.52
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