astrŏbŏlŏs

i, f.

ἀστήρ-βάλλω

I. a precious stone; acc. to some, a species of onyx; acc. to others, chalcedon, Plin. 37, 9, 50, § 133.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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