asbestos
From LSJ
Ἔρωτα παύει λιμὸς ἢ χαλκοῦ σπάνις → Amorem inopia nummi sedat aut fames → Die Liebe stillt der Hunger oder Geldmangel
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
asbestŏs: i, m. (sc. lapis), = ἄσβεστος (incombustible),
I a stone of an iron-gray color, found in Arcadia, differing from the common asbestos, perh. amiantus, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 146.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
asbestŏs, ī, m. (ἄσβεστος), minéral incombustible : Plin. 37, 146
