asbestos
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
asbestŏs: i, m. (sc. lapis), = ἄσβεστος (incombustible),
I a stone of an iron-gray color, found in Arcadia, differing from the common asbestos, perh. amiantus, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 146.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
asbestŏs, ī, m. (ἄσβεστος), minéral incombustible : Plin. 37, 146 || lapis asbestos Aug. Civ. 21, 7, 1, amiante.
Latin > German (Georges)
asbestos, ī, f. (ἄσβεστος, unverbrennlich), ein eisenfarbiger Stein, der sich in den Gebirgen Arkadiens fand, versch. von unserem Asbest; viell. unser Amiant, Plin. 37, 146. Solin. 7, 13. Isid. 16, 4, 4: lapis asbestos, Augustin. de civ. dei 21, 7, 1.
