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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρρενικόν (arrhenikón). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
arrenicum n (genitive arrenicī); second declension
- alternative form of arsenicum (“arsenic”) (chemical element)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Further reading
- “arrenicum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arrenicum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.