sandix

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English

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Etymology

Latin sandix, sandyx (“vermilion, or a colour like vermilion”), from Ancient Greek σάνδυξ (sándux).

Noun

sandix (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sandix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάνδυξ (sándux).

Pronunciation

Noun

sandix f (genitive sandicis); third declension

  1. A color like vermilion
  2. A plant that gives this kind of color

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sandix sandicēs
genitive sandicis sandicum
dative sandicī sandicibus
accusative sandicem sandicēs
ablative sandice sandicibus
vocative sandix sandicēs

References

  • “sandix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sandix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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