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σανδαράκη

σανδαράκη, red sulphide of arsenic

σανδᾰράκ-η [ρᾰ], ἡ,
  • red sulphide of arsenic, realgar, Arist. HA 604b28, Plin. HN 34.177, Peripl.M.Rubr. 49; written σανδαράχη in Hp. Morb. 2.14 (but σανδαράκη Superf. 32), Dsc. 5.105, Gal. 17(1).834, Alciphr. 1.33, etc.
      • 2 an orange pigment made therefrom, Thphr. Lap. 40, 50. (Assyr. šindu arḳu ‘green paint’, i.e. yellow sulphide of arsenic, orpiment, cf. ἀρσενικόν.)
    • II bee-bread, Arist. HA 626a7.

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