ἄσφαλτος
asphaltos
asphalt, bitumen
Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄσφαλτος, ἡ (also ὁ, 13.784), A. asphalt, bitumen, 1.179, 6.119, 16.100, 1.73; ἄ. ὀρυκτή Mir. 842b15:— also ἄσφαλτον, τό, Aër. 7, 99c. II. a kind of petroleum, 1.99. III. pitch, Ge. 6.14. ( 1.420 derives it from σφάλλω.)
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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