hydrargyrus
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ὑδράργυρος (hudrárguros, “quicksilver (artificially prepared from cinnabar-ore)”), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + ἄργῠρος (árgŭros, “silver”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hyˈdrar.ɡy.rʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈd̪rar.d͡ʒi.rus]
Noun
hydrargyrus m (genitive hydrargyrī); second declension
- quicksilver (artificially prepared), mercury
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hydrargyrus | hydrargyrī |
| genitive | hydrargyrī | hydrargyrōrum |
| dative | hydrargyrō | hydrargyrīs |
| accusative | hydrargyrum | hydrargyrōs |
| ablative | hydrargyrō | hydrargyrīs |
| vocative | hydrargyre | hydrargyrī |
Derived terms
References
- “hydrargyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hydrargyrus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.