λύγδος
δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A white marble, Peripl.M.Rubr.24; λύγδου λειότερον AP5.27 (Rufin.); οἷά τε λύγδου γλυπτήν ib.193 (Posidipp. or Asclep.); ἡ Παρία λ. D.S.2.52, cf. Mart.6.13,42.
German (Pape)
[Seite 67] ὁ (λυκ), weißer Marmor, ein blendend weißer Stein, auch fem., ἡ Παρία λύγδος, parischer Marmor, D. Sic. 2, 52; λύγδου λειότερον Rutin. 38 (V, 28), u. a. Sp.
