σάπφειρος

A. lapis lazuli, of which two chief kinds, κυανῆ and χρυσῆ, are mentioned by Thphr. Lap. 23,37, D.P. 1105; cf. LXX Ex. 24.10, al., J. AJ 3.7.5, Peripl. M.Rubr. 39. (Cf. Hebr. sappīr, perh. not Semitic.)