τόπαζος,ὁ, a gem of green hue ( Plin. HN 37.107 ), hence prob.
A. chrysoliteorperidot,
AP 6.329 (Leon. Alex. ), J. AJ 3.7.5 , D.P. 1121 , Orph. L. 278 :—alsoτόπαζον,τό, Eust.ad D.P. l.c.;τοπάζιον, LXX Ex. 28.17 , Ps. 118(119).127 , Str. 16.4.6 , D.S. 3.39 , Apoc. 21.20 :—Pliny (HNl.c.) gives the name oftopazon(v.l. topazium) to two varieties. (From the Trogodyte language acc. to Plin. l. c.; perh. the same asταβάσιος.)