achateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈæk.ət/

名詞

achate (複数形 achates)

1. (obsolete) An agate.
   • 1643 November 22 (Gregorian calendar)​, John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for November 12 1643]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], volume I, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, OCLC 976971842:

     Two vasas of berill , 2 of achate , whereof one is esteemed for its bignesse , colour , and carving imboss'd

   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:

     These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]

参照

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

アナグラム

• chaeta, chæta

Latin

名詞

achātē

1. ablative/vocative singular of achātēs