pissasphaltus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pissasphaltus, i, m., = πισσάσφαλτος,

earth-pitch , pissasphalt ( a kind of soft bitumen ), Plin. 24, 7, 25, § 41; 35, 15, 51, § 178.