sandyx
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
Latin > German (Georges)
sandȳx, ȳcis, c. (σάνδυξ), I) eine Staude mit scharlachroter Blume (nach Hesychius), Gratt. cyn. 86: Indica, Vopisc. Aurel. 29, 3. Vgl. Schol. Bern. Verg. ecl. 4, 45 sandyx, genus herbae rubeae, cuius radices infantes cum coxerint, tabularum ceras ex eis tingunt, unde et ›sandines‹ et ›sandices‹ vestes dicuntur. – II) eine rote Mineralfarbe, aus Mennige u. Bergrot zusammengesetzt, nach anderen die Mennige selbst, Prop. 2, 25, 45. Verg. ecl. 4, 45. Plin. 35, 30 u.a. Marc. Emp. carm. 30. fol. 141 (a).
