butyrum

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Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally “cow cheese”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    būtȳrum n (genitive būtȳrī); second declension

    1. butter
    2. (alchemy) chemicals with butter-like consistency, mostly chloride salts
      butyrum antimonii ― SbCl3
      butyrum arsenici ― K3AsO4
      butyrum zinci ― ZnCl2

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative būtȳrum būtȳra
    genitive būtȳrī būtȳrōrum
    dative būtȳrō būtȳrīs
    accusative būtȳrum būtȳra
    ablative būtȳrō būtȳrīs
    vocative būtȳrum būtȳra

    Descendants

    References

    • “butyrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • butyrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • “butyrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “butyrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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