σάπφειρ-ος
(proparoxytone), ἡ, lapis lazuli, of which two chief kinds, κυανῆ and χρυσῆ, are mentioned by [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 23, 37, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 1105; cf. LXX.Exo.24.10, +others, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.7.5, “Peripl. M.Rubr.” 39 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]. (Cf. Hebrew sappīr, perhaps not Semitic.)