μαργᾰρ-ίτης [ῑ], ου, ὁ,
pearl, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 36, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: -ῖτις λίθος, ἡ, Androsth. cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.93b ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; -ῖτις alone, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Isidorus Characenus Geographus 20: -ὶς λίθος, ἡ, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.53 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; -ίς alone, [[ 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.30. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II -ίτης χερσαῖος, an unidentified precious stone, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 15.8. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]