Codex Argenteus
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Latin
Etymology
Coined in 1597 by the Dutch humanist Bonaventura Vulcanius. The manuscript is named after its use of silver ink for most of the manuscript (with gold ink in some sections).
Proper noun
Codex Argenteus m sg (genitive Codicis Argenteī); third declension
- (New Latin) The early sixth-century Silver Bible, the most extensive of the surviving manuscripts of the fourth-century Gothic Bible translation, containing most of the Gospels.
Declension
Third-declension noun with a second-declension adjective, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Codex Argenteus |
| genitive | Codicis Argenteī |
| dative | Codicī Argenteō |
| accusative | Codicem Argenteum |
| ablative | Codice Argenteō |
| vocative | Codex Argentee |
Descendants
- → Dutch: Zilverbijbel (calque)
- → English: Silver Bible (calque)
- → German: Silberbibel (calque)
- → Swedish: Silverbibeln (calque)