the Greek word for "diamond"

From: Brian E. Wilson (brian@twonh.demon.co.uk)
Date: Mon Apr 28 1997 - 03:02:26 EDT

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In message , Mike MacKinnon <charis@globalserve.net> writes
>Just a trivia question that I don't know the answer to...
>
>What is the koine/ancient Greek word for "diamond"???
>
>I can't seem to find it in my limited library of lexicons...

Liddell & Scott's Lexicon gives ADAMAJ for "the diamond" -
apparently so used by Theophrastus.

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