asbestos
From LSJ
Ἐκ τῶν πόνων τοι τἀγάθ' αὔξεται βροτοῖς → Crescunt labore cuncta bona mortalibus → Das Gute wächst den Sterblichen aus ihrem Müh'n
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 || lapis asbestos Aug. Civ. 21, 7, 1, amiante.
