ἀμέθυστος, ον,
(μεθύω) not drunken, without drunkenness, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.464c] Refs 1st c.AD+]: comparative, [[ “Geoponica” 7.34.2. ] Refs]
__II not intoxicating, perhaps so used in [[ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 19.133: as ] Refs 4th c.AD+]substantive, ἀμέθυστον, τό, remedy against drunkenness, [[ 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.572, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.24] Refs 1st c.AD+]; also ἀμέθυστος, ἡ, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.15b, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.34c:] Refs 1st c.AD+] —hence, such things as were supposed to act as remedies, i.e. ,
__II.1 kind of herb, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.647b] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ={σέλινον ἄγριον}, Ps.-[[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.175. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 amethyst, [[ LXX.Exo.28.19, NT.Rev.21.20, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 1122, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.204, 9.748 (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Jun.)] LXX+NT+5th c.BC+]:—also ἀμέθυστον, τό, [[ “IG” 11(2).287 B 22 (Delos, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 ἀμέθυστον, τό, kind of grape, Colum.3.2.24.