LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

basaltes

Meaning

  1. a dark and very hard species of marble in Ethiopia

basaltes, is, m. African,
I. a dark and very hard species of marble in Ethiopia, Isid. Orig. 16, 5, 6; cf. Strabo, 17, p. 818.

In English words that came into English from basaltes

  • basaltbasaltes

Quick answers

What does basaltes mean in Latin?
basaltes, a noun, means “a dark and very hard species of marble in Ethiopia”.