bitumen
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. ἄσφαλτος, ἡ (Xen.).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bĭtūmen: ĭnis, n. cf. Sanscr. gatu, gum,
I bitumen, a kind of mineral pitch found in Palestine and Babylon, Gr. ἄτφαλτος, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178 sq.; Tac. H. 5, 6; 5, 17; Just. 1, 2, 7; Vitr. 2, 6; Lucr. 6, 808; Verg. G. 3, 451; Ov. M. 9, 660; 14, 792; Vitr. 8, 3, 1 sqq.: Judaicum, Veg. 1, 20, 1; 3, 56, 2; 5, 83, 3; 6, 14, 1: Apollonium, id. 6, 14, 1; Vulg. Gen. 6, 14.—For magical or religious use, Verg. E. 8, 82; Hor. Epod. 5, 82; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 325.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bĭtūmĕn,¹² ĭnis, n., bitume : Cato Agr. 95, 1 ; Virg. G. 3, 451.
Latin > German (Georges)
bitūmen, inis, n. (altind. játu, Lack, angels. cwidu, cwudu, cudu, Baumharz, ahd. quitti, kuti, Leim, Kitt), das Erdharz, Erdpech, Judenpech, der Bergteer, nigrum, Verg.: tenax, Ov.: durum, Vitr.: liquidum, Bergöl, Steinöl, Vitr.: Iudaicum, Scrib.: taetro concrescere odore bitumen, Lucr.: Plur. bitumina, verschiedene Arten von Erdpech, Plin. 7, 65.
Latin > English
bitumen bituminis N N :: bitumen, pitch, asphalt (generic name for various hydrocarbons)
