ἄσφαλτος, ἡ
(also ὁ, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.784)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], asphalt, bitumen, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.179, 6.119, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.100, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.73; ἄ. ὀρυκτή 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 842b15] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— also ἄσφαλτον, τό, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 7, 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 99c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II a kind of petroleum, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.99. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III pitch, [[ LXX.Gen.6.14. (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.420 derives it from σφάλλω.) ] LXX+1st c.AD+]