ἀργυρίτης
ου, ιδος, Subst., ὁ
A.
of or belonging to silver, γῆ containing silver-ore, Posidon. 48, cf. Gal. 12.184; ψάμμος Dsc. 5.94; βῶλος Plb. 34.9.10; more freq. ἀργυρῖτις,ἡ, as Subst., silver-ore, φλὲψ ἀργυρίτιδος X. Vect. 1.5, cf. 4.4; κατεργασάμενος τὴν ἀ. Docum. ap. D. 37.28; also a form of λιθάργυρος, Dsc. 5.87.
II.
of or for money, ἀγὼν ἀργυρίτης a contest in which the prize was money (cf. στεφανίτης), Plu. 2.820d, Lync. ap.Ath. 13.584c.
2.
a moneyed man, AB 442.
3.
fem. ‐ῖτις, = λινόζωστις ἄρρην, Ps.-Dsc. 4.189.