σάνδυξ
Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art
English (LSJ)
υκος, ἡ,
A a bright red colour, also called ἀρμένιον, Str.11.14.9 (prob. cj.); obtained by heating ψιμύθιον ( = cerussa), Dsc.5.88, cf. Plin.HN35.40; though a like colour was made from a plant of the same name, red sandalwood, Pterocarpus santalinus, Sosib. 21, Verg.Ecl.4.45, Plin. l.c., Lyd.Mag.3.64. 2 pl., flesh-coloured women's garments dyed with this colour, in Lydia, ibid. 3 a kind of salve, prob. a pink mixture of zinc oxide and carbonate, Dsc. l.c., Gal.12.244, Hsch. II casket, Id. [ū in genit., Prop.2.19.81; but [ucaron] in Grattius Cyn.86.] (Assyr. sâmtu, sându 'red stone', prob. cinnabar.)
