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argentum

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin argentum (“silver”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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argentum (plural argentum-argentum)

  1. (formal, mostly used in scientific contexts) silver
    Synonym: perak

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Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
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Chemical element (edit)
Ag
Atomic number 47
argentum
Classification data
Period 5
Group 11
Block d-block
Class transition metal
Previous: ← palladium (Pd)
Next: cadmium (Cd) →
Latin Wikipedia article on Argentum

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *argentom n, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom n.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    argentum n (genitive argentī); second declension

    1. (uncountable) silver (metal, element)
      • Tacitus Germania, chapter 5 (translation M. Hutton).
        Argentum et aurum propitiine an irati di negaverint dubito.
        The gods have denied them gold and silver, whether in mercy or wrath I find it hard to say.
    2. (by extension) a silver thing

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

    singular
    nominative argentum
    genitive argentī
    dative argentō
    accusative argentum
    ablative argentō
    vocative argentum

    Hyponyms

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    Descendants

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    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “argentum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 53: “PIt. *argento-”

    Further reading

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    • “argentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “argentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "argentum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “argentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • coined money; bullion: aes (argentum) signatum
      • silver plate: argentum (factum) (Verr. 5. 25. 63)
    • “argentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “argentum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

    Malay

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    Chemical element (edit)
    Ag
    Atomic number 47
    argentum
    Alternative names: perak, fidah, perak cergas
    Classification data
    Period 5
    Group 11
    Block d-block
    Class transition metal
    Previous: ← paladium (Pd)
    Next: kadmium (Cd) →

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin argentum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, n-stem form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [a(r)ɡɛntom], [a(r)ɡɛntəm], [a(r)d͡ʒɛntəm]
    • Rhymes: -tom, -om

    Noun

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    argentum (Jawi spelling ارݢينتوم)

    1. silver (metal)

    Usage notes

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    • Usually used in scientific contexts compared to perak.

    Synonyms

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