Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄσφαλτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσφαλτος ἄσφαλτη ἄσφαλτον

Structure: ἀσφαλτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Seems to be a foreign word.

Sense

  1. asphalt, bitumen

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπεν ἄνθρωποσ τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ. δεῦτε πλινθεύσωμεν πλίνθουσ καὶ ὀπτήσωμεν αὐτὰσ πυρί. καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖσ ἡ πλίνθοσ εἰσ λίθον, καὶ ἄσφαλτοσ ἦν αὐτοῖσ ὁ πηλόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:3)
  • καὶ γὰρ τὰ ἐν τοῖσδε φάρμακα ὀνηϊστὰ, ἄσφαλτοσ, ἢ θεῖον, ἢ στυπτηρίη, πολλὸν πλεῦνεσ τουτέων ἄλλαι δυνάμιεσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 200)
  • οὗτοσ ὦν ὁ Ἲσ ποταμὸσ ἅμα τῷ, ὕδατι θρόμβουσ ἀσφάλτου ἀναδιδοῖ πολλούσ, ἔνθεν ἡ ἄσφαλτοσ ἐσ τὸ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι τεῖχοσ ἐκομίσθη. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 179 5:6)
  • καὶ ἡ μὲν ἄσφαλτοσ καὶ οἱ ἅλεσ πήγνυνται παραυτίκα· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 119 4:4)
  • γίνεται δ’ ἐν τῇ Βαβυλωνίᾳ καὶ ἄσφαλτοσ πολλή, περὶ ἧσ Ἐρατοσθένησ μὲν οὕτωσ εἴρηκεν ὅτι "ἡ μὲν "ὑγρὰ ἣν καλοῦσι νάφθαν, γίνεται ἐν τῇ Σουσίδι, ἡ δὲ "ξηρὰ δυναμένη πήττεσθαι ἐν τῇ Βαβυλωνίᾳ· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 1 30:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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