Σαρδώ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, gen. όος contr. οῦς, dat. οῖ, Sardinia, Hdt.1.170, Ar.V. 700; the obl. cases are sts. Σαρδόνος, -όνι, -όνα (as if from Σαρδών), Plb.1.24.5 sq., 1.79.1, etc.; Σαρδῶνος is f.l. in Str.2.4.3: a nom. Σαρδώνη in Hsch.(s.v.l.).-Hence Adj. Σαρδόνιος, Hdt.1.166, Theoc. 16.86; cf. σαρδάνιος (hence Σαρδονία
A = Σαρδώ, CIG2509.14):—also Σαρδονικός, Hdt.2.105, Arist.Mete..354a21, Poll.5.26: Σαρδώνιος, Str.2.4.3, 2.5.19, etc.; Σαρδωνικός, Lyc.796; Σαρδῷος, ῴα, ῷον, Plb. 1.42.6, etc.:—Σαρδοί, οἱ, the Sardinians, D.S.21.16; Σαρδῷοι Plb.1. 88.9; γῆς τῆς λεγομένης σάρδης,= Lat. Sarda, a kind of fuller's earth from Sardinia, Gal.13.734, cf. Plin.HN35.196. II a precious stone, prob. = σάρδιον or σαρδόνυξ, Luc.Dom.15, Philostr.Im.1.6.
