σάνδυξ,υκος,ἡ,
A. a bright red colour, also calledἀρμένιον, Str. 11.14.9 (prob. cj.); obtained by heatingψιμύθιον(= cerussa), Dsc. 5.88 , cf. Plin. HN 35.40 ; though alikecolour was made from a plant of the same name,red sandalwood, Pterocarpus santalinus, Sosib. 21 , Verg. Ecl. 4.45 , Plin. l.c., Lyd. Mag. 3.64 .
2. pl.,flesh-coloured women's garmentsdyed with this colour, in Lydia, ibid.
3. a kind of salve, prob. a pink mixture of zinc oxide and carbonate, Dsc. l.c., Gal. 12.244 , Hsch.
II. casket, Id. [ūin genit., Pro p.2.19.81 ; but[ucaron]in Grattius Cyn. 86 .] (Assyr.sâmtu, sându'red stone', prob. cinnabar.)