σάνδυξ

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οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύgood is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity

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Full diacritics: σάνδυξ Medium diacritics: σάνδυξ Low diacritics: σάνδυξ Capitals: ΣΑΝΔΥΞ
Transliteration A: sándyx Transliteration B: sandyx Transliteration C: sandyks Beta Code: sa/nduc

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.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 861] υκος, ἡ, auch σάνδιξ, ὁ, 1) Mennig od. eine dem Mennig ähnliche Farbe, lat. sandyx usta, καὶ ἀρμένιον καλοῦσι χρῶμα ὅμοιον κάλχῃ, Strab. 11, 14, 9. – 2) eine Pflanze, mit deren Saft Leinwand hellroth gefärbt wurde, Hesych.; vgl. Voß Virg. Ecl. 4, 45 p. 208. – Bei den Lydern hießen σάνδυκες mit Sandyx gefärbte seine, durchsichtige Frauenkleider von Leinwand. – [Υ ist bei Propert. 2, 25, 45 lang, bei Grat. Cyneg. 86 kurz.]