Asphaltites

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Menander, Monostichoi, 236

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Asphaltītes: ae, m., = Ἀσφαλτίτης; also Asphaltites lacus, = Ἀσφαλτῖτις λίμνη,
I Lake Asphaltites (the Dead Sea), in Palestine, Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71; 5, 16, 15, § 72; cf. Mann. Palaest. p. 261.