asbestos

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.

asbestŏs, ī, m. (ἄσβεστος), minéral incombustible : Plin. 37, 146 || lapis asbestos Aug. Civ. 21, 7, 1, amiante.