sardonyx

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English sardonix, sardonyx (c. 1382), from Latin sardonyx, from Ancient Greek σᾰρδόνῠξ (sărdónŭx). Doublet of sardoin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɑː(ɹ)ˈdɒnɪks/ Homophone: sardonics Rhymes: -ɒnɪks === Noun === sardonyx (countable and uncountable, plural sardonyxes) A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === sardonyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σᾰρδόνῠξ m (sărdónŭx). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsar.dɔ.nyks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsar.do.niks] === Noun === sardonyx m or f (genitive sardonychos or sardonychis); third declension sardonyx ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: sardonyx Italian: sardonice === References === “sardŏnyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sardonyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “sardŏnyx”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,393/1. “sardonyx”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “sardonyx” on page 1,691/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)