different between salite vs samite

English

Alternative forms

• sahlite

Etymology

Named for type locality Sala, Sweden, +? -ite.

Noun

salite

1. (mineralogy) A massive lamellar variety of pyroxene, of a dingy green colour.

Synonyms

• diopside

Further reading

• “salite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
• “Diopside”, in Mindat.org?^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• Elista, ailest, alties, saltie, stelai

Esperanto

Adverb

salite

1. past adverbial passive participle of sali

Italian

Noun

salite f pl

1. plural of salita

Anagrams

• astile, esalti, lisate

Latin

Verb

sal?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sali?

English

Etymology

From Old French samit, from Medieval Latin samitum, examitum, from Byzantine Greek ???????? (hexámiton), from ?? (héx, “six”) + ????? (mítos, “thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæma?t/

Noun

samite (countable and uncountable, plural samites)

1. A material of rich silk, sometimes with gold threads, especially prized during the Middle Ages.
   • 1903, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

     And in the center of that lake there hath for some time been seen the appearance as of a women's arm--exceedingly beautiful and clad in white samite, and the hand of this arm holdeth a sword of such exceeding excellence and beauty that no eye hath ever beheld like.

Anagrams

• Amesti, Maties, aimest, maiest, maties, misate, miseat, semita, tamise