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Ophites - from Greek ὄφις ophis "snake". Also a name of the gnostic sect. 
Οφιητις:
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Thank you bi3mw and Searcher!
Unfortunately, I don't understand the references of your sources to be able to quote them.

(26-07-2022, 07:25 AM)Ruby Novacna Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Thank you bi3mw and Searcher!
Unfortunately, I don't understand the references of your sources to be able to quote them.

1. Dictionnaire des pierres magiques et médicinales, p. 165. Claude Lecouteux. 2011. (French version)
2. A Lapidary of Sacred Stones: Their Magical and Medicinal Powers Based on the Earliest Sources. Claude Lecouteux. 2012. (English version of the previous item )
3. Lexicon graeco-prosodiacum auctore T. Morell, ...olim vulgatum typis denuo mandavit, permultis in locis correxit ... et animadversionibus, illustravit ... Edv. Maltby, ... pars prior, pp. 730, 731. Thomas Morell. 1815.

Ruby, you can easily find it by request "ophites", "ophietis", "ofites" or else that what you need, in google.books.

(26-07-2022, 09:02 AM)Searcher Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Ruby, you can easily find it by request ... in google.books.

Thank you very much, Yulia!
I never used the Google books search, thanks for the tip.

The Google book search is very interesting, I read Lithica by Pseudo Orpheus, hoping to get a bright idea. The idea is slow in coming, I should certainly consult other lapidaries as well.

Recently You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. that can be read in Greek or Latin with the same meaning: pchocthy - Φοιβειος or Phœbeus - belonging to Phoebus.
There are only three occurrences of this word in the text: pchocthy.chokoaiin; pchocthy.chypchy and pchocthy.shor.
Apparently in Latin this word is often followed by a name, like juvenis (anguis) - Aesculapius; ales (oscen) - the raven; murus - walls of Troy; Phœbeus humani generis medicus - Plato.
Do you know of other examples of the use of the word Phœbeus?

(25-07-2022, 09:39 AM)Searcher Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Ophites - from Greek ὄφις ophis "snake". Also a name of the gnostic sect.

I looked up the Latin dictionary and found that the word Ophitae - the name of a Gnostic sect, has two declined forms: ophitis and ophitas, which may well be transcribed as opchedy EVA. In Greek it could be Οφιτες from Οφιται.
The question is: how can we distinguish between Greek and Latin? What would be the clues?

(26-08-2022, 01:28 PM)Ruby Novacna Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Ophites - from Greek ὄφις ophis "snake". Also a name of the gnostic sect.
I looked up the Latin dictionary and found that the word Ophitae - the name of a Gnostic sect, has two declined forms: ophitis and ophitas, which may well be transcribed as opchedy EVA. In Greek it could be Οφιτες from Οφιται.
The question is: how can we distinguish between Greek and Latin? What would be the clues?

That Latin word has Greek origin, so you can understand which of its meanings is used in the text, only knowing  context.