sandix
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Latin sandix, sandyx (“vermilion, or a colour like vermilion”), from Ancient Greek σάνδυξ (sándux).
Noun edit
sandix (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sandix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σάνδυξ (sándux).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsan.diks/, [ˈs̠än̪d̪ɪks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsan.diks/, [ˈsän̪d̪iks]
Noun edit
sandix f (genitive sandicis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sandix | sandicēs |
| Genitive | sandicis | sandicum |
| Dative | sandicī | sandicibus |
| Accusative | sandicem | sandicēs |
| Ablative | sandice | sandicibus |
| Vocative | sandix | sandicēs |
References edit
- “sandix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sandix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.