sandix

== English == === Alternative forms === sandyx === Etymology === From Latin sandix, sandyx (“vermilion, or a colour like vermilion”), from Ancient Greek σάνδυξ (sándux). === Noun === sandix (uncountable) (obsolete) A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium. == Latin == === Alternative forms === sandȳx === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σάνδῑξ (sándīx), σάνδῡξ (sándūx). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsan.diːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsan.diks] === Noun === sandīx f (genitive sandīcis); third declension a color like vermilion a plant that gives this kind of color ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “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.