πισσάσφαλτος

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ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγωhowever, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess

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Transliteration A: pissásphaltos Transliteration B: pissasphaltos Transliteration C: pissasfaltos Beta Code: pissa/sfaltos

English (LSJ)

Att. πιττ-, ἡ,

   A compound of asphalt and pitch, Dsc.1.73, Plin.HN24.41, etc.

German (Pape)

[Seite 619] ἡ, Erdpech mit Theer gemischt, Diosc.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πισσάσφαλτος: ἡ, κρᾶμα πίσσης καὶ ἀσφάλτου, Διοσκ. 1. 100, Πλίν. 24. 25, κτλ.

Greek Monolingual

η, ΝΑ, αττ. τ. πιττάσφαλτος Α
νεοελλ.
ονομασία της φυσικής ή της κατεργασμένης καθαρής ασφάλτου, ορυκτής προέλευσης ή προϊόντος πετρελαίου, αλλ. ασφαλτόπισσα
αρχ.
κράμα πίσσας και ασφάλτου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πίσσα + ἄσφαλτος].