sandix

English

Alternative forms

• sandyx

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Alternative forms

• sandyx

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάνδυξ (sándux).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.diks/, [ˈs̠än̪d̪ɪks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.diks/, [ˈsän̪d̪iks]

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.