- σάνδυξ 1
- σάνδυξ 1, -υκοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: designation of a bright red colourant, a bright red mineral colour, a red transparent fabric etc. (Str. 11, 14, 9 [coni.], Dsc., Gal. a. o.); also a woman's cloth. Extens. on the meaning Flobert Rev. de phil. 90, 228 ff.Derivatives: σανδύκ-ιον n. meaning uncertain, -ινος `sandyx-coloured' (pap.); also σανδών, -όνος m. designation of a transparent fabric (Lyd. Mag.): after σιν-δών(?).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (S).Etymology: Formation as βόμβυξ a. o.; like the somehow related form from an unknown oriental(?) source (cf. OInd. sindūram `red-lead, cinnabar', Assyr. sâmtu, sându `red stone'?). Lat. LW [loanword] sandyx (Prop., Verg., Plin.). -- The formation points to a Pre-Greek word. (Cf. σάνδυξ 2.).Page in Frisk: 2,675-676
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.