ἀμίαντος, ον,
undefiled, pure, ὕδωρ[[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 447; φάος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 142; αἰθήρ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.86; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 578] Refs 6th c.BC+] calls the sea ἡ ἀμίαντο; ἀ. τοῦ ἀνοσίου πέρι free from stain of ungodliness, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 777d; περὶ τῶν ὁσιωτάτων 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 15.34; γάμοι οἱ ἀ. “epigram Gr.” 204.13 (from Cnidos), cf. NT.Heb.13.4; τόπος LXX.2Mac.15.34; κληρονομία NT.1Pet.1.4. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__2 not to be defiled, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.75. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II ὁ ἀ. λίθος asbestos, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 495, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.138, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 36.139.] Refs 4th c.BC+]