ἄσφαλτος,ἡ(alsoὁ, Gal. 13.784 ),
A. asphalt, bitumen,
Hdt. 1.179 , 6.119 , Theoc. 16.100 , Dsc. 1.73 ; ἄ. ὀρυκτή
Arist. Mir. 842b15
:— alsoἄσφαλτον,τό, Hp.
Aër.
7 , Ti.Locr. 99c .
II. a kind ofpetroleum,
Dsc. 1.99 .
III. pitch,
LXX Ge. 6.14 . ( Ph. 1.420 derives it fromσφάλλω.)