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