 | William Smith, Charles Anthon - 1843 - 1142 Seiten
...vi., W2.)-19. (lVrij.l.)-20. (Lei., f. ».>— 21- (I*> Sit. Orb.)— K. (Pirn., II. N.,xuvu., 10.) to grow as a vegetable underneath the waves, and to harden into stone when removed from its native element.1 *CORAX (xopaf). I. the Raven, or Corvus form, L. " This," remarks Adams, " is generally held... | |
 | William Smith, Charles Anthon - 1857 - 1140 Seiten
...ri., S4S.)— 19. (Peripl.)— 10. IUi.,5.T.)— 21. (De Sit. Orb.>— SS. (P!in. HN, XJITU., 10.) to grow as a vegetable underneath the waves, and to...into stone when removed from its native element.' •CORAX ((topaf). I. the Raven, or Conui corex, L. " This," remarks Adams, " is generally held to... | |
 | Nathaniel Fish Moore - 1859 - 268 Seiten
...blood-red veins. Its name, according to Pliny, is derived from the manner in which it reflected the solar to the hardness of stone; for the ancients supposed...transformation is described at length. See also Pliny, HN, xxxii., 11. The Carmen de Gemmis of Marbodaeus begins its account of coral thus (§ 22): rays when... | |
 | Nathaniel Fish Moore - 1859 - 258 Seiten
...blood-red veins. Its name, according to Pliny, is derived from the manner in which it reflected the solar to the hardness of stone ; for the ancients supposed...removed from its native element. Wherefore Ovid says, u Quo primum contigit auras Tempore durescit, mollis fuit herba sub undis." In the Orphic poem (v.... | |
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... retains its ancient name, and is sufficiently well described to leave no doubt concerning it; as the heliotropium, a gem which occurred in ^Ethiopia, Africa, and Cyprus, of a leek-green color, with blood-red veins. Its name, according to Pliny, is... 