ἄσβεστος

asbestos

unquenchable, inextinguishable

Appears 14 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 10
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1599
Book 11 3
Chapter ?

1150
11500
11530
Book 13 2
Chapter ?

13169
13540
Book 16 2
Chapter ?

16123
16267
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

1789
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

2296
Odyssey 4
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4584
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7333
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8326
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20346

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄσβεστος, ον, also η, ον Il. 16.123:—A. unquenchable, inextinguishable, φλόξ Il. l. c.; not quenched, πῦρ ἄ. D.H. 3.67, Plu. Num. 9; κλέος Od. 4.584; γέλως Il. 1.599; βοή 11.50; ἐργμάτων ἀκτὶς καλῶν ἄ. αἰεί Pi. I. 4(3).42; ἄ. πόρος ὠκεανοῦ oceanʼs ceaseless flow, A. Pr. 532 (lyr.); πῦρ, of hell, Ev.Marc. 9.43. II. as Subst., ἄσβεστος (sc. τίτανος), ἡ, unslaked lime, Dsc. 5.115, Plu. Sert. 17, Eum. 16; ἄ. κονία Lyc. ap. Orib. 8.25.16. 2. a mineral or gem, Plin. HN 37.146. ἀσβεστώδης· tofus, Gloss.

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