σάνδυξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=υκος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[a bright red colour]], also called <b class="b3">ἀρμένιον</b>, <span class="bibl">Str.11.14.9</span> (prob. cj.); obtained by heating <b class="b3">ψιμύθιον</b> ( = [[cerussa]]), Dsc.5.88, cf. <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>35.40</span>; though a like colour was made from a plant of the same name, [[red sandalwood]], [[Pterocarpus santalinus]], <span class="bibl">Sosib. 21</span>, Verg.<span class="title">Ecl.</span>4.45, Plin. l.c., Lyd.<span class="title">Mag.</span>3.64. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pl., <b class="b2">flesh-coloured women's garments</b> dyed with this colour, in Lydia, ibid. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[a kind of salve]], prob. a pink mixture of zinc oxide and carbonate, Dsc. l.c., Gal.12.244, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[casket]], Id. [[[ū]] in genit., Pro<span class="bibl">p.2.19.81</span>; but [[ǔ]] in Grattius <span class="title">Cyn.</span>86.] (Assyr. <b class="b2">sâmtu, sându</b> 'red stone', prob. cinnabar.)</span>

|etymtx=1. <b class="b3">-υκος</b><br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: designation of a bright red colourant, a bright red mineral colour, a red transparent fabric etc. (Str. 11, 14, 9 [coni.], Dsc., Gal. a. o.); also a woman's cloth. Extens. on the meaning Flobert Rev. de phil. 90, 228 ff.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σανδύκ-ιον</b> n. meaning uncertain, <b class="b3">-ινος</b> [[sandyx-coloured]] (pap.); also <b class="b3">σανδών</b>, <b class="b3">-όνος</b> m. designation of a transparent fabric (Lyd. Mag.): after <b class="b3">σιν-δών</b>(?).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (S).<br />Etymology: Formation as <b class="b3">βόμβυξ</b> a. o.; like the somehow related form from an unknown oriental(?) source (cf. OInd. [[sindūram]] [[red-lead]], [[cinnabar]], Assyr. [[sâmtu]], [[sându]] [[red stone]]?). Lat. LW [loanword] [[sandyx]] (Prop., Verg., Plin.). -- The formation points to a Pre-Greek word. (Cf. <b class="b3">σάνδυξ</b> 2.).<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: ?<br />Meaning: [[chest]]<br />Other forms: Also <b class="b3">σενδούκη</b>; dimin. <b class="b3">σενδούκιον</b> (sch. Ar. Pl. 711 and 809). <b class="b3">κιβωτός Η</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (S).<br />Etymology: The formation of the word is Pre-Greek.