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GREEK INDEX
The names in this index are mainly those of places and persons and the varieties of stone or earth that are mentioned by Theophrastus. The numbers refer to the sections of the Greek text.
a8aaas,adamas, probably corundum,
19 "Αθως, Athos, 64 Αιγύπτιοι, Egyptians, 7, 24 Αιγύπτιος (κνανος), Egyptian (ky·
anos), 55
Αίγυπτος, Egypt, 6, 34, 55
αίματϊτις, haimatitis, probably red
jasper, 37 άκόνη, a\pne, whetstone, 44 άλαβαστρίτης, alabastrites, probably
onyx marble, 6, 65 taAireii (άλιφάς), alpeis (aliphas,
paints), 60 άμεθνσον, amethyson, amethyst, 30,
3i άμμος, ammos, sand, 21, 35, 40, 58,
59/
ανθράκων, anthra\ion, a dark stone (see Commentary), 30, 33
άνθρακες, XT.', 16, 39; άνθραζ, ι8 (anthraxes [plural], coal, charcoal, 12, 16, 39; anthrax, 18)
άνθραξ, anthrax, a red stone (see Commentary), 8, 18, 19
άργυρος, I, 4, 9, 39, 41, 46; άργυρος χυτός, 6ο (argyros, silver, 1, 4, 9, 39, 41, 46; argyros chytos, quicksilver, 60)
'Αρμενία, Armenia, 44
αρρενικόν, arrhenicon, orpiment, 40,
5°' V 'Αρκαδία, Arcadia, 33
Ασία, Asia, 61 αστήρ, aster, star, 63 άσφαλτος, asphaltos, bitumen, 15 αχάτης, achates, a name for variegated stones, including agate, 31
'Αχάτης ποταμός, Achates River, 31
Βαβυλώνιοι, Babylonians, 24 Βακτριανή, Bactriana, 34 βασανίζω, basanizo, to test, 45 Βΐναι, Binai, 12, 15
yrj, η εψεται, 49; η τψ χαλκφ μιγνυμενη, 49! η Μηλιάς, η Κιμωλία, η %αμια,
62; η Ύυμφαΐκή, 02, 64 (ge, eardi: Kimolian, Melian, Samian, 62; mixed with copper, 49; Tymphaic, 62, 64; which is boiled, 49) γύψος, gypsos, a broader term dian the English gypsum, 62, 64, 66
Δαρείος, Darius, 6
διάβαρος (διάβορος) λίθος, diabaros
(diaboros, porous) stone, 20 Αιοκλης, Diokles, 28 Δωρίΐΐς, Dorians, 37
Έλίφαντίη; (πόλις), Elephantine _ (city), 34
ίλίφας, 6; ορυκτός, 37 (elephas, ivory, 6; dug up [fossil], 37) Ελλάς, Hellas, Greece, 33, 67 'Epiveas, Erineas, 15 'Ερυθρά (θάλασσα), Red (Sea), 36 "Εψίσος, Ephesos, 58
Ζευς (Διός), Zeus, 24
'Ηλεία, Eleia, Elis, 16 ηλεκτρον, electron, amber, 16, 28, 29 ημιωβολος, hemiobolos, half-obol, 46 Ήρακλα'α (λίθος), Heraclean (stone), 4
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