Eventually through Latin and French manges lithos got worn down to magnet.

最后，经过拉丁语和法语，manges lithos演变成了magnet。

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So the Greeks called these curious stones magnes lithos which means “stone from Magnesia.”

因此，希腊人称这种奇怪的石头为magnes lithos，意思是“来源于镁的石头”。

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Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea.

然而最近，考古学家在一个与Palea隔着一条叫做Brim河的村庄Lithos发现了一个这样的Palea篮子。

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Lithos comes from the Greek word for stone.

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