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