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1 ἴασπις
ἴασπις, ιδος, ἡ (Pla. et al.; SIG2 587, 87f [IV B.C.]; PGM 12, 203 ἴασπιν; LXX; TestSol; Jos., Bell. 5, 234, Ant. 3, 168. Occasionally also masc., e.g., Petosiris, Fgm. 29) jasper, a precious stone found in various colors, mostly reddish, somet. green (Cyranides p. 23, 22 λίθος χλωρός), brown, blue, yellow, and white. In antiquity the name was not limited to the variety of quartz now called jasper, but could designate any opaque precious stone. Rv 21:18f. W. λίθος 4:3 (TestSol C 11:8). λίθος ἴασπις κρυσταλλίζων a stone of crystal-clear jasper 21:11 (cp. Is 54:12); perh. the opal is meant here; acc. to some, the diamond. S. on ἀμέθυστος.—DELG. M-M. -
2 λίθος
A stone, Hom., etc.; esp. of the stones thrown by warriors, τρηχὺς λ., λ. ὀκριόεις, Il.5.308, 8.327; also, stonequoit, Od.8.190;ἑλέσθαι.. ἐκ γαίας λίθον A.Fr.199.4
; of building- stones,λίθοι βασιλικοί PSI4.423.28
, PCair.Zen.499.20 (both iii B.C.): prov., ; λίθον ἕψειν 'to lose one's labour', Ar.V. 280; also of stupid persons, 'blockheads', , cf. Thgn.568, Pl.Hp.Ma. 292d, Gal.9.656; λ. τις, ou) dou/lh Herod.6.4; προσηγορεύθη διὰ τὸ μὴ φρονεῖν λ., of Niobe, Philem.101;ὥσπερ λίθον ζῆν Pl.Grg. 494a
sq.; λίθῳ λαλεῖς prov. of ἀναίσθητοι, Macar.5.61.2 stone as a substance, opp. wood, flesh, etc.,ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι λ. χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος Il.4.510
; λαοὺς δὲ λίθους ποίησε turned into stone, petrified, 24.611, cf. Pl.Smp. 198c; so [νῆα] θεῖναι λ. Od.13.156
; as an emblem of hard-heartedness, , cf. Theoc.3.18.II λίθος, ἡ, twice in Hom., Il.12.287, Od.19.494, just like masc., also in Theoc.7.26, Bion Fr.1.2: later mostly of some special stone, as the magnet is called Μαγνῆτις λ. by E.Fr. 567 (but ἡ λίθος simply in Democr.11k, Arist.Ph. 267a2, cf. v.l. de An. 405a20); also Λυδία λ. by S.Fr. 800 (but in B.Fr. 10 J. Λυδία λ. = touchstone); Ἡρακλεία λ. by Pl. Ion 533d, Epicur.Fr. 293; so of a touchstone, Pl.Grg. 486d; ἡ διαφανὴς λ. a piece of crystal used for a burning-glass, Ar.Nu. 767, cf. Luc.Alex.21; χυτὴ λ. was perh. a kind of glass, and so an older name for ὕαλος, Epin.1.8 (the same thing as the ἀρτήματα λίθινα χυτά in Hdt.2.69; cf.τὴν ὕαλον.. ὅσα τε λίθων χυτὰ εἴδη καλεῖται Pl.Ti. 61c
); λ. = precious stone is fem. in Hp.Nat.Mul.99, IG22.1421.92, 1460.21, but masc. in Hdt.2.44, etc.; in the sense of marble mostly masc.,λευκὸς λ. Id.4.87
(simplyλίθος 1.164
), S.Fr. 330 (λευκοὶ λ. is opp.πέτρινοι λ. Supp.Epigr.4.446.8
([place name] Didyma));Πάριος λ. Pi.N.4.81
, Hdt.3.57;Ταινάριος λ. Str.8.5.7
; λ. Θάσιος, Αἰγύπτιος, etc., Paus.1.18.6, etc.;κογχίτης Id.1.44.6
;κογχυλιάτης X.An.3.4.10
; butΠαρία λ. Theoc.6.38
, Luc.Am.13; cf. λυχνίας, -ίτης; πώρινος λ. tufa, Hdt.5.62.2 collectively, πέφυκε λίθος.. ἄφθονος, ἐξ οὗ .. X.Vect.1.4.IV at Athens, λίθος, ὁ, was a name for various blocks of stone used for rostra or platforms, as,2 another in the ἀγορά used by the κήρυκες, Plu.Sol.8; prob. the same as ὁ πρατὴρ λ., on which the auctioneer stood when selling slaves, etc., Poll.3.78, cf. 126.3 an altar in the ἀγορά, at which the Thesmothetae, arbitrators, and witnesses took their oaths, Philoch.65, D.54.26 (restored from Harp. s.v. λίθος), Arist.Ath.7.1, 55.5, Plu.Sol.25; cf. λιθωμότης.V piece on a draughtboard, Alc.82, Theoc. 6.18, cf.γραμμή 111.1
: hence pron.,πάντα λίθον κινεῖν Zen.5.63
(who explains it differently).VI Medic., stone in the bladder, calculus, Arist.HA 519b19, Hp.Morb.4.55, al.VII Δία λίθον ὀμνύναι, = Lat. Jovem lapidem jurare, Plb.3.25.6.VIII λίθοι χαλάζης hail- stones, LXX Jo.10.11.IX λ. ὁ οὐ λ. the philosophers' stone, Zos. Alch.p.122 B. -
3 λυχνίτας
λυχνί̱τᾱς, λυχνίτηςa precious stone of a red colour: masc acc plλυχνί̱τᾱς, λυχνίτηςa precious stone of a red colour: masc nom sg (epic doric aeolic) -
4 λίθος
-ου + ὁ N 2 73-100-49-46-38=306 Gn 2,12; 11,3; 28,11.18.22λίθος κασσιτέρινος plummet of tin Zech 4,10; λίθος πράσινος emerald Gn 2,12; λίθος σμαραγδίτης emerald stone Est 1,6; λίθος πάρινος Parian marble, white marble Est 1,6; λίθος τίμιος precious stone 1 Kgs 10,2; λίθος πολυτελής id. 1 Chr 29,2; ξύλοις καὶ λίθοις wood and stone (of images of gods made of these materials) Dt 4,28, see also 28,36.64, 29,16, Ez 20,32*Jos 4,11 καὶ οἱ λίθοι and the stones-והאבנים for MT והכהנים and the priests; *1 Sm 6,18 καὶ ἕως λίθου and to the stone-אבן ועד for MT אבל ועד and to (the place) Abel; *Jer 18,3 ἐπὶ τῶν λίθων onthe stones-על־האבנים ⋄ֶבן ֶאֹא ֶבן⋄ על־האבנים MT forat the potter’s wheel; *Jb 41,7 λίθος stone,rock-צֹר for MT ָצרCf. CARAGOUNIS 1990 9-16.26-30; LE BOULLUEC 1989 120.244; SPICQ 1978a, 493-495; WEVERS 1990,381; →MM -
5 ψῆφος
Aψηφάων Man.4.448
: ([etym.] ψάω):—a small round worn stone, pebble,ψᾶφος ἑλισσομένα Pi.O. 10(11).9
; οὐκ ἂν εἰδείην λέγειν ποντιᾶν ψάφων ἀριθμόν ib.13.46; ψήφῳ μούνῃ διατετρανέεις, opp. μόγις ἂν λίθῳ παίσας διαρρήξειας, Hdt. 3.12; ψ. ἄμμου a grain of sand, LXXSi.18.10.2 precious stone, gem, Philostr.VA3.27; esp. worn in a ring, Luc.DMeretr.9.II acc. to the various uses made of such pebbles:1 pebble used for reckoning, counter, λογίζεσθαι ψήφοις calculate or reckon by abacus, cipher, Hdt.2.36, etc.: hence to reckon exactly or accurately, opp. ἀπὸ χειρὸς λ., Ar.V. 656 (anap.);οὐ τιθεὶς ψήφους D.18.229
;ἐν ψήφῳ λέγειν A.Ag. 570
;ἐν ψήφου λόγῳ θέσθαι E.Rh. 309
: metaph.,ταῖς τοῦ συμφέροντος ψήφοις μετρεῖν τὰς ἔχθρας καὶ τὰς φιλίας Plb.2.47.5
: hence ψῆφος itself for a cipher, number, πὸτ ἄρτιον (sc. ἀριθμὸν)ποτθέμειν.. ψᾶφον Epich.170
: pl., accounts, καθαραὶ ψ., where there is an exact balance, D.18.227;οἱ περὶ τὰς ψ.
calculators,Alciphr.
1.26;ψήφων ἄπειρος Plu.2.812e
; δακτυλικὴ ψ. reckoning on the fingers, AP11.290 (Pall.); of astrological calculations, Vett.Val.10.15, al.b in Magic, κατέχων τὴν ψ. (i. e. the object on which the number is written) λέγε .. PMag.Par.1.1048, cf. 937.5 pebble used in voting,ψήφῳ ψηφίζεσθαι Hdt.9.55
;ἐὰν μὴ τῇ ψ... ψηφίσωνται κρύβδην ψηφιζόμενοι D.59.89
: hence, the vote itself, ψῆφον φέρειν give one's vote,ἐν καρδίᾳ ψ. φέροντες A.Eu. 680
, cf. And.1.2, D.57.61, etc.;ὑπέρ τινος Lycurg.7
;περί τινος Id.11
, etc.;ψήφου φορά E.Supp. 484
; ψῆφον τίθεσθαι, = ψηφίζεσθαι, Hdt.8.123, cf. 6.57;εἰς τεῦχος.. ψήφους ἔθεντο A.Ag. 816
; c. inf., Hdt.3.73;ψ. προσθέσθαι Th.1.40
; ψήφῳ διαιρεῖν to determine by vote, A.Eu. 630; ψήφῳ κρίνειν, Th.1.87, etc.;μεταλαβὼν τὸ πέμπτον μέρος τῶν ψ. Pl.Ap. 36b
, cf. Lex ap.D.21.47: in collect. sense, ἐχρῆν.. ψ. περὶ αὐτοῦ γενέσθαι a vote is taken, Antipho 5.47;ἡ καθαιροῦσα ψ. Lys.13.37
;ἡ σῴζουσα ψ. D.19.66
; οἷς ἂν πλείστη γένηται ψ. a majority of votes, Pl.Lg. 759d: τὴν ψῆφον ἐπάγειν to put the vote or question, of the president, Th.1.119, 125;ψῆφον δοῦναι περί τινος IG22.222.24
, cf. D.21.188;ψ. ἀναδοὺς περί τινος App.BC1.100
; soψ. περὶ ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἀνδραποδισμοῦ προτεθεῖσαν D.19.65
; διένεμον (vv. ll. διενέμοντο, ἔφερον) τὰς ψ. were casting their votes, Hdt.8.123; ὑπὸ ψήφου μιᾶς with one accord, Ar.Lys. 270; ψ. φανερά open voting,ψ. φανερὰν διενεγκεῖν Th.4.74
;τὴν ψ. οὐκ εἰς καδίσκους ἀλλὰ φανερὰν ἐπὶ τὰς τραπέζας τίθεσθαι Lys.13.37
, cf. Pl.Lg. 767d, 855d; opp. ψ. ἀφανής voting by ballot, Aeschin.3.233;κρύβδην τὴν ψ. φέρειν Arist. Rh.Al. 1433a23
, cf. 1424b2, Ath.69.1.b that which is carried by vote, a vote, ψ. καταγνώσεως a vote of condemnation, Th.3.82; ψῆφος αὐτῷ ἐπῆκτο περὶ φυγῆς a vote of banishment was moved for against him, X.An.7.7.57, cf. A.Th. 198;ψήφῳ πόλεως γνωσθεῖσαι Id.Supp.7
(anap.):—hence,c any resolve or decree,ψ. τυράννων S.Ant.60
; λιθίνα ψᾶφος a decree written on stone, Pi.O.7.87; διδοῖ ψᾶφον περ' αὐτᾶς [the oak] gives judgement of itself, Id.P.4.265; ψ. φλεγυρὰ βροτῶν, i. e. public opinion, Cratin.57 (lyr.); τίν' ἂν ψῆφον θεῖο; what judgment.. ? Pl.Prt. 330c, cf. R. 450a;ἡ ἐμὴ ψ. Id.Phlb. 57a
.d Ἀθηνᾶς ψ., calculus Minervae, prov. phrase to express acquittal, when the votes were even, Philostr.VS2.3.e ψ. is sts. omitted,κἂν ἴσαι γένωνται Ar.Ra. 685
(lyr.);πάσαις κρατεῖν Luc.
Bis Acc.18, cf. 22.f Διὸς ψῆφος (ψῆφοι Hsch.
), prov. ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν καὶ ἀθίκτων, of the scene of contest betw. Athena and Poseidon, Suid., etc.g Κόννου ψ., negligible quantity, cipher, Ar.V. 675 (anap.), cf. Κοννᾶς.7 metaph., influence,πόλις μεγάλην ψ. ἔχουσα Lib.Or.18.13
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6 λίθαξ
II as fem. Subst., = λίθος, Arat.1112, Orph.A. 613; κωφὴ λ., of a gravestone, AP7.392 (Heraclid. Sinop.); of a precious stone, Man.6.343; λ. τρητὴν σπόγγῳ ἐειδομένην, of the pumice-stone, AP6.66 (Paul. Sil.).2 in pl., stony land, Epic.in Arch.Pap.7.10, v.l. in Nic. Th. 150; cf. ἕρμαξ. -
7 βήρυλλος
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: a precious stone, `beryll' (LXX),Other forms: βηρύλλιον `id.' (LXX).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] IndiaEtymology: The stone came in hellenistic times from India; the name was Prākrit veruliya \< veḷuriya (sanskriticised vaiḍūrya-). The word is Dravidian, perhaps derived from von Vēḷūr, now Bēlūr, a town in southern India, s. Master BSOAS 11, 304ff. βήρυλλος from βηρύλλιον Leumann Glotta 32, 215 n. 6.Page in Frisk: 1,234Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > βήρυλλος
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8 ὄνυξ 2
ὄνυξ 2., - υχοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: name of a precious stone, `onyx' (Ctes., LXX).Derivatives: ὀνύχιον n. `kind of onyx' (Thphr., LXX), - ιος adj. (Suid.),- ίτης m., - ῖτις f. ( λίθος) `onyx-like stone' (Str., Dsc.; Redard 58), - ινος `made of o., onyx-coloured' (hell.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Perh. identical with ὄνυξ `nail', because of its white glance as of a fingernail (Schramm P.-W. 18: 1, 535); or only folketymologically adapted foreign word? -- Untenable Sem. etymologies by Lewy Fremdw. 58 (doubting or rejecting); s. alo Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 212.Page in Frisk: 2,399Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ὄνυξ 2
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9 Κάλ'
Κάλαι, Κάλαιςprecious stone of a greenish blue: fem voc sg -
10 Κάλα
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11 Κάλᾳ
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12 Κάλαι
Κάλαιςprecious stone of a greenish blue: fem voc sg -
13 Κάλαιν
Κάλαιςprecious stone of a greenish blue: fem acc sg -
14 Κάλαις
Κάλαιςprecious stone of a greenish blue: fem nom sg -
15 Κάλαισιν
Κάλαιςprecious stone of a greenish blue: fem dat pl -
16 αστερίτη
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17 ἀστερίτη
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18 αστερίτην
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19 ἀστερίτην
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20 αστερίτης
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