τόπαζος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, a gem of green hue (Plin.HN37.107), hence prob.

   A chrysolite or peridot, AP6.329 (Leon.Alex.), J.AJ3.7.5, D.P.1121, Orph. L.278:—also τόπαζον, τό, Eust.ad D.P. l.c.; τοπάζιον, LXX Ex.28.17, Ps.118(119).127, Str.16.4.6, D.S.3.39, Apoc.21.20:—Pliny (HN l.c.) gives the name of topazon (v.l. topazium) to two varieties. (From the Trogodyte language acc. to Plin. l. c.; perh. the same as ταβάσιος.)