The corpus record — Latin

sardius

sardius · adj

sardian

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 20s 1 · 60.24/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

sardĭus — Lewis & Short

sardĭus, a, um, adj.cf. 1. sarda, II.,

I sardian, carnelian (late Lat.): lapis, Vulg. Exod. 28, 17.—Hence, subst.: sardĭus, ii, m., the carnelian, a precious stone, Vulg. Exod. 39, 10; id. Apoc. 21, 20; Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 10; called lapis sardinus, Vulg. Apoc. 4, 3; cf. Hier. in Isa. 15, 54, v. 11 sq.

In the wild

sardium Prudentius, Psychomachia 1.861
Sardium Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 5.1.44
sardium Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 2.10
sardi Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 20s 1

Where it came from

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