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Sardonyx
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Sardonyx
S'ARDONYX
,Noun.
A silicious stone or gem, nearly allied to carnelian. Its color is a reddish yellow, or nearly orange. We are informed that the yellow or orange colored agate, with an undulating surface, is now often called sardonyx.
Definition 2024
sardonyx
sardonyx
English
Noun
sardonyx (plural sardonyxes)
- A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony.
- Bible, Revelation xxi. 20
- The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
- 1980, Colin Thubron, Seafarers: The Venetians, page 40:
- The large chalice at right is carved from a single chunk of sardonyx, a kind of onyx. Its gilded rim and base are decorated with tiny enamels depicting a host of popular saints, including Nicephorus (farthest left on rim), a Ninth Century patriarch and opponent of a religious movement to destroy icons.
- Bible, Revelation xxi. 20
Translations
gemstone banded with red sard
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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek σαρδόνυξ m (sardónux).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsar.do.nyks/, [ˈsar.dɔ.nʏks]
Noun
sardonyx m, f (genitive sardonychos or sardonychis); third declension
Declension
Third declension, Greek type.
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Third declension.
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Derived terms
- sardonycha
- sardonychātus
- sardonychus
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sardŏnyx”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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)