argentum
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Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin argentum (“silver”).
Pronunciation
Noun
argentum (plural argentum-argentum, first-person possessive argentumku, second-person possessive argentummu, third-person possessive argentumnya)
Further reading
- “argentum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Ag | |
| Previous: palladium (Pd) | |
| Next: cadmium (Cd) | |
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *argentom n, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm n.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /arˈɡen.tum/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈd͡ʒen.tum/,
Noun
argentum n (genitive argentī); second declension
- (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.
- Argentum et aurum propitiine an irati di negaverint dubito.
- Tacitus Germania, chapter 5 (translation M. Hutton).
- (by extension) a silver thing
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | argentum | argenta |
| genitive | argentī | argentōrum |
| dative | argentō | argentīs |
| accusative | argentum | argenta |
| ablative | argentō | argentīs |
| vocative | argentum | argenta |
Hyponyms
- argentum pustulatum, pustulatum (refined silver)
Derived terms
- argentāria f (“bank-counter”)
- argentārium n
- argentārius m (“banker”)
- argentātus
- argenteus
- argentīfodīna f
- Argentīnus m
- argentōsus
- argentum vīvum n (“quicksilver, mercury”)
Related terms
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: argent m (see there for further descendants)
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
See also
- argī̆lla f
References
- “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’s 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- coined money; bullion: aes (argentum) signatum
- silver plate: argentum (factum) (Verr. 5. 25. 63)
- coined money; bullion: aes (argentum) signatum
- “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
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Ag | |
| Previous: paladium (Pd) | |
| Next: kadmium (Cd) | |
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin argentum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, n-stem form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
argentum (Jawi spelling ارݢينتوم)
- silver (metal)
Usage notes
- Usually used in scientific contexts compared to perak.