ἀμέθυστος

A. not drunken, without drunkenness, Plu. 2.464c: Comp., Gp. 7.34.2.

II. not intoxicating, perh. so used in Nonn. D. 19.133: as Subst., ἀμέθυστον,τό, remedy against drunkenness, Archig. ap. Gal. 12.572, Dsc. Eup. 1.24; also ἀμέθυστος,ἡ, Plu. 2.15b, Ath. 1.34c:—hence, such things as were supposed to act as remedies, viz.,

1. kind of herb, Plu. 2.647b; = σέλινον ἄγριον, Ps.-Dsc. 2.175.

2. amethyst, LXX Ex. 28.19, Apoc. 21.20, D.P. 1122, AP 5.204, 9.748 (Pl. Jun.):—also ἀμέθυστον, τό, IG 11(2).287 B 22 (Delos, iii B.C.).

3. ἀμέθυστον, τό, kind of grape, Colum.3.2.24.