sardius

English

Noun

sardius (usually uncountable, plural sardiuses)

1. (mineralogy) sard
   • 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.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsar.di.us/, [ˈsar.di.ʊs]

Noun

sardius m (genitive sardiī); second declension

1. sardian, carnelian

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sardius	sardiī
genitive	sardiī	sardiōrum
dative	sardiō	sardiīs
accusative	sardium	sardiōs
ablative	sardiō	sardiīs
vocative	sardie	sardiī

References

• sardius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sardius” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)