γῆ θηρίοις μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις σύμμετρος → region more fitting to beasts than men
v. sub σάρδιον.
properly, an adjective from an uncertain base; sardian (λίθος being implied), i.e. (as noun) the gem so called: sardius.
ο, ΝΜ σάρδιον(ενν. λίθος) το σάρδιο.