σάρδιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><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.); [[σάρδια]], 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"><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>