The corpus record — Latin

gagates

gagates · m

a hard

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Where it lives

Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — Lewis & Short

găgātes, ae, m., = gaga/ths (li/qos),

I a hard, black asphaltum, jet, Plin. 36, 19, 34, § 141 sq.; Veg. Vet. 1, 20, 2; 4, 12, 3.

In the wild

gagates Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.36.p39
Gagates Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.19.p2
gagates Apuleius, Apologia 45

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gagatés (scan p. 289; entry #4516).

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