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Σαρδώ

*sardo · ἡ

Sardinia, the Sardinians, a precious stone

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Where it lives

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  • Histories 6 · 0.33/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Sardinia, the Sardinians

Sardinia, Hdt. 1.170, Ar. V. 700; the obl. cases are sts. Σαρδόνος, -όνι, -όνα (as if from Σαρδών), Plb. 1.24.5 sq., 1.79.1, etc.; Σαρδῶνος is f.l. in Str. 2.4.3: a nom. Σαρδώνη in Hsch. (s.v.l.).-Hence Adj. Σαρδόνιος, Hdt. 1.166, Theoc. 16.86; cf. σαρδάνιος (hence Σαρδονία = Σαρδώ, CIG 2509.14):—also Σαρδονικός, Hdt. 2.105, Arist. Mete. 354a21, Poll. 5.26: Σαρδώνιος, Str. 2.4.3, 2.5.19, etc.; Σαρδωνικός, Lyc. 796; Σαρδῷος, ῴα, ῷον, Plb. 1.42.6, etc.:—Σαρδοί, οἱ, the Sardinians, D.S. 21.16; Σαρδ

II a precious stone

a precious stone, prob. = σάρδιον or σαρδόνυξ, Luc. Dom. 15, Philostr. Im. 1.6.

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Where it came from

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