σάπφειρος

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.