sandyx
οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ εἵμαρτο ἁλῶναι → it was fated that you would be taken by the most miserable death, it has been decreed that thou shouldst be cut off by a most piteous death
Latin > English
sandyx sandycis N F :: red dye (from oxides of lead and iron); scarlet cloth
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).
