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ὀψιᾰνὸς

opsianos

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What it meant

1. ὀψιανός · opsianos — Beekes

ὀψιανός [m.] of λίθος, a black stone (Peripl. M. Rubr. 5, Plin. HN 36, 196 ntr.pl. obsiana).

2. ὀψιανός · opsianos — Chantraine

ὀψιανός (λίθος) : pierre noire, p.-ê. l'obsidienne (Peripl. M. Rubr. 5, Pline, H.N. 36, 196 pl. ἢ. obsiana, etc.). Selon Pline la pierre serait ainsi appelée d'après 16. nom d’un certain Obsius qui l’aurait découverte. — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀψιανός, p. 863]

3. ὀψιᾰνὸς · opsianos — LSJ

obsidian, obsiana, obsidiana

a black stone, perh. obsidian, Plinyʼs obsiana (neut. pl.), HN 36.196, cf. Peripl.M.Rubr. 5, Orph. L. 285, Cyran. 26: written ὀψειανόν PLeid.X. 36 B.; [ὀψ]ειανόν dub. in Supp.Epigr. 2.776 i 15 (Syria, iii A. D.). (Named from its discoverer Obsius, v. Plin. l.c.; obsidiana is f.l. ibid.; prob. ᾱ by nature.)

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