sardius
English
Noun
sardius (usually uncountable, plural sardiuses)
- (mineralogy) sard
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 21:20:
- 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.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsar.di.us/, [ˈs̠ärd̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsar.di.us/, [ˈsärd̪ius]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sardius | sardiī |
| Genitive | sardiī sardī1 |
sardiōrum |
| Dative | sardiō | sardiīs |
| Accusative | sardium | sardiōs |
| Ablative | sardiō | sardiīs |
| Vocative | sardie | sardiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “sardius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sardius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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