Acentetus

Latin-English

ăcentēt|us, -a, -um. (a.tʃenˈte.tus) adj.

1. Without nicks or scratches or spots.
2. Made of acentetum (clear and flawless quartz).

[Greek ἀκέντητος "unpricked".]

Loci

• αʹ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.10:

Quae vero sine vitio sint, pura esse malunt, acenteta appellantes, nec spumei coloris, sed limpidae aquae.

Those [quartz crystals] which are in fact flawless are preferred uncut and called acenteta, and they are not cloudy in color, but of the color of clear water.