σάρδιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[the Sardian stone]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>110d</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>8</span>,<span class="bibl">23</span>, <span class="bibl">J. <span class="title">BJ</span>5.5.7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>4.3</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHolm.</span>3.36</span>; as a seal, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1408.9 (iv B.C.), <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 442 <span class="title">B</span>3 (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">σάρδια</b>, of female ornaments, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>320.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.373</span>.—This stone was of two kinds, the transparent-red or female being our [[carnelian]], the transparent-brown or male our [[sardine]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>30</span>:—later <span class=foreign>λίθος σάρδιος, Phlp.<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> in de An.321.10 (pl.); σάρδινος λ., <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>4.229; σαρδόνιον, Hsch. s.v. [[σαρδώ]].</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: name of a gem, [[carnelian]], [[sardine]] (Pl., Thphr. etc.), also = [[seal]] (insch.); <b class="b3">σαρδώ</b>, <b class="b3">-οῦς</b> f., <b class="b3">λίθος σάρδιος</b>, σάρδιον <b class="b3">σάρδινος</b>, <b class="b3">σαρδόνιον</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (rare a. late).<br />Compounds: As 1. member in <b class="b3">σαρδ-όνυξ</b>, <b class="b3">-υχος</b> m. [[sardonyx]] (hell. a. late).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Prob. prop. "stone from Sardes", after the place of origin. Semit. etymologie by Lewy Fremdw. 57 f. (quite doubtful). Lat. LW [loanword] [[sarda]], <b class="b2">-ius</b>, <b class="b2">-inus lapis</b>, [[sardonyx]]. But see Hester, Lingua 13, 1965, 375.