chalcanthum
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French calcante or Latin chalcanthum.
Noun
chalcanthum (uncountable)
- (alchemy, obsolete) Copper(II) sulfate (CuSO4).
- Synonyms: calcanthum, chalcanth
Derived terms
References
- “chalcanthum”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χάλκανθον (khálkanthon).
Noun
chalcanthum n (genitive chalcanthī); second declension
- copperas (paste in water, for blackening leather)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | chalcanthum | chalcantha |
| genitive | chalcanthī | chalcanthōrum |
| dative | chalcanthō | chalcanthīs |
| accusative | chalcanthum | chalcantha |
| ablative | chalcanthō | chalcanthīs |
| vocative | chalcanthum | chalcantha |
Synonyms
References
- “chalcanthum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- chalcanthum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.