sardius
Appearance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]sardius (usually uncountable, plural sardiuses)
- (mineralogy) sard
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 21:20:
- The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Translations
[edit]a gemstone
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsar.di.us/, [ˈs̠ärd̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsar.di.us/, [ˈsärd̪ius]
Noun
[edit]sardius m (genitive sardiī or sardī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | sardius | sardiī |
genitive | sardiī sardī1 |
sardiōrum |
dative | sardiō | sardiīs |
accusative | sardium | sardiōs |
ablative | sardiō | sardiīs |
vocative | sardie | sardiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “sardius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sardius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.