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τόπαζος

topazos · ὁ

chrysolite

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What it meant

τόπαζος · topazos — LSJ

chrysolite, peridot, topazon, topazium

chrysolite or peridot, AP 6.329 (Leon.Alex.), J. AJ 3.7.5, D.P. 1121, Orph. L. 278:—also τόπαζον, τό, Eust. ad D.P. l.c.; τοπάζιον, LXX Ex. 28.17, Ps. 118(119).127, Str. 16.4.6, D.S. 3.39, Apoc. 21.20:—Pliny (HN l.c.) gives the name of topazon (v.l. topazium) to two varieties. (From the Trogodyte language acc. to Plin. l.c.; perh. the same as ταβάσιος.)

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.

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