nounlychnītesLYCHNITES☆ KeepMeaninga kind of white marbleLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879LYCHNITESLEWIS & SHORTLYCHNITESlychnītes, ae, m., = λυχνίτης, I. a kind of white marble, which was quarried in the Isle of Paros by lamp-light, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.Read the whole entry