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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin argenteus (“of silver”).
Noun
argenteus (plural argentei)
- A silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples.
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Latin
Etymology
From argentum + -eus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
argenteus (feminine argentea, neuter argenteum); first/second-declension adjective
- silvern, silvery
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “argenteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “argenteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- argenteus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- argenteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “argenteus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “argenteus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly