σάνδυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Related to Sanskrit सिन्दूर (sindūra, “red lead”), Akkadian sâmtu (“red stone”) and maybe also with σανδαράκη (sandarákē).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sán.dyks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.dyks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.dyks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.dyks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.diks/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowels ά and υ by adding a macron after each one if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

σάνδυξ • (sándux) f (genitive σάνδυκος); third declension

A bright red colorant
(in the plural) The flesh coloured women's garment dyed with this colorant
A kind of salve

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σάνδυξ; τῆς σάνδυκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σάνδυξ hē sándux	τὼ σάνδυκε tṑ sánduke	αἱ σάνδυκες hai sándukes
Genitive	τῆς σάνδυκος tês sándukos	τοῖν σανδύκοιν toîn sandúkoin	τῶν σανδύκων tôn sandúkōn
Dative	τῇ σάνδυκῐ têi sánduki	τοῖν σανδύκοιν toîn sandúkoin	ταῖς σάνδυξῐ / σάνδυξῐν taîs sánduxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σάνδυκᾰ tḕn sánduka	τὼ σάνδυκε tṑ sánduke	τᾱ̀ς σάνδυκᾰς tā̀s sándukas
Vocative	σάνδυξ sándux	σάνδυκε sánduke	σάνδυκες sándukes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σανδύκινος (sandúkinos)
σανδύκιον (sandúkion)
σανδών (sandṓn)

Descendants

Latin: sandyx

Etymology 2

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sán.dyks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.dyks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.dyks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.dyks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.diks/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowels ά and υ by adding a macron after each one if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

σάνδυξ • (sándux) f (genitive σάνδυκος); third declension

A kind of casket, box

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σάνδυᾰξ; τῆς σάνδυκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σάνδυᾰξ hē sánduax	τὼ σάνδυκε tṑ sánduke	αἱ σάνδυκες hai sándukes
Genitive	τῆς σάνδυκος tês sándukos	τοῖν σανδύκοιν toîn sandúkoin	τῶν σανδύκων tôn sandúkōn
Dative	τῇ σάνδυκῐ têi sánduki	τοῖν σανδύκοιν toîn sandúkoin	ταῖς σάνδυξῐ / σάνδυξῐν taîs sánduxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σάνδυκᾰ tḕn sánduka	τὼ σάνδυκε tṑ sánduke	τᾱ̀ς σάνδυκᾰς tā̀s sándukas
Vocative	σάνδυᾰξ sánduax	σάνδυκε sánduke	σάνδυκες sándukes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

σάνδυξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σάνδυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

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