hepatizon

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English

Etymology

From the Latin hēpatizon, from the Ancient Greek ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον (hēpatízon), from ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων (hēpatízōn, “liver-coloured”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hepatizon (uncountable)

  1. A valuable metal alloy in antiquity, thought to have been an alloy of copper with gold and silver, mixed and treated to produce a material with a dark purplish patina.
  2. chloasma

Translations

References

  1. ^ The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary, Third Edition, by George Milbry Gould and Richard John Ernst Scott, 1919, page 421

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον (hēpatízon), neuter of ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων (hēpatízōn, “liver-coloured”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hēpatizon n sg (genitive hēpatizontis); third declension

  1. liver-coloured Corinthian bronze
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Declension

  • This word is attested only in the nominative singular; the remaining declension is hypothetical.

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative hēpatizon
Genitive hēpatizontis
Dative hēpatizontī
Accusative hēpatizon
Ablative hēpatizonte
Vocative hēpatizon

Descendants

  • English: hepatizon

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