chelonia

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek χελωνία (khelōnía). === Noun === chelōnia f (genitive chelōniae); first declension A kind of precious stone ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “chelonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “chelonia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.