σάπφειρος

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Menander, Monostichoi, 223
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Transliteration A: sáppheiros Transliteration B: sappheiros Transliteration C: sapfeiros Beta Code: sa/pfeiros

English (LSJ)

(proparox.), ἡ,

   A lapis lazuli, of which two chief kinds, κυανῆ and χρυσῆ, are mentioned by Thphr.Lap.23,37, D.P.1105; cf. LXX Ex.24.10, al., J.AJ3.7.5, Peripl. M.Rubr.39. (Cf. Hebr. sappīr, perh. not Semitic.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 862] ἡ, auch σάμφειρος, der Sapphir, ein Edelstein, von dem es 2 Hauptarten gab, κυανῆ u. χρυσῆ, D. Per. 1105; Diosc.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σάπφειρος: ἡ, κατὰ τὸν Beckmann ἐν Hist. of Invent., καὶ τὸν King ἐν Antique Gems, οὐχὶ ὁ νῦν σάπφειρος ἀλλ’ ὁ lapis lazuli, λίθος τῆς ὁποίας ὑπῆρχον δύο εἴδη, κυανῆ καὶ χρυσῆ, εἶναι ὁ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοφράστου μνημονευόμενος ἐν τοῖς π. Λίθ. 23 καὶ 37, Διον. Π. 1104. (Πιθαν. ἡ λέξις παρελήφθη ἐκ τῶν Φοινίκων, πρβλ. τὸ Ἑβρ. sappir).

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ἡ) :
lapis-lazuli ou saphir.
Étymologie: cf. hébr. sappir, lui-même emprunté à ?