Lewis & Short

† andrŏdămās, antis, m., = ἀνδροδάμας (man-subduing).

  1. I. A species of bloodstone (so called from its great hardness), Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146.
  2. II. A silver-colored, quadrangular, and cubical precious stone (acc. to Bruckmann, a cubical, silver-colored marcasite), Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 144.