AMPHICOME, in Natural History, a kind of figured stone, of a round shape, but rugged, and beset with eminences, celebrated on account of its use in divination. The word is originally Greek, αμφικόμεν, q. d. utrinque comata, or hairy on all sides. This stone is also called Erotylus, Ερωτύλος, Amatoria, probably on account of its supposed
power of creating love. The amphicome is mentioned by Democritus and Pliny.