pigment made from lapis lazuli
pigment made from lapis lazuli, Sammelb. 2251 (iv A.D.); (written σαππίριν) POxy. 1739.1 (ii/iii A.D.), PHolm. 4.2.
The corpus record
σαπφείρ-ιον
sappheirion · τό
pigment made from lapis lazuli
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.