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ănancītes , ae, m., ἀν- ἄγχω, to free from distress,
I.a name of the diamond as a remedy for sadness and trouble of mind: “adamas et venena vincit et lymphationes abigit metusque vanos expellit a mente. Ob id quidam eum ananciten vocavere,” Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 61 Sillig, Jan; the old reading here was anachiten.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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