argentum

Latin

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵn̥t-, n-stem form of *h₂erǵ- (“white”). Cognates include Old Irish argat (“silver”), Welsh arian (“silver”), Ancient Greek ἀργός (árgos, “shining white, bright, glistening”), ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”) and ἀργέντινος (argentinos, "silvery"), Sanskrit अर्जुन (árjuna, “white, clear”) and रजत (rajatá, “silver”), Avestan  (-ərəzata, “silver”), Old Persian  (ardata, “silver”), and possibly Old Armenian արծաթ (arcatʿ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /arˈɡen.tum/

Noun

argentum (genitive argentī); n, second declension

1. silver (metal)
   • Tacitus Germania, chapter 5 (translation M. Hutton).

     Argentum et aurum propitiine an irati di negaverint dubito.

     The gods have denied them gold and silver, whether in mercy or wrath I find it hard to say.

2. (by extension) a silvern thing

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	argentum	argenta
genitive	argentī	argentōrum
dative	argentō	argentīs
accusative	argentum	argenta
ablative	argentō	argentīs
vocative	argentum	argenta

Derived terms

argentāria argentārium argentārius argentātus argenteus

argentīfodīna Argentīnus argentōsus argentum vīvum

Descendants

Albanian: argjend Aromanian: arzint Catalan: argent Dalmatian: arziant English: argent French: argent

Italian: argento Occitan: argent Portuguese: argênteo Romanian: argint Romansch: argient Spanish: argento

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Malay

Chemical element
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Etymology

From Latin argentum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵn̥t-, n-stem form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-.

Alternative forms

• ارݢينتوم

Pronunciation

• IPA: [a(r)gɛntom], [a(r)gɛntəm], [a(r)d͡ʒɛntəm]
• Rhymes: -tom, -om

Noun

argentum (Jawi spelling ارݢينتوم)

1. silver (metal)

Synonyms

• perak / ڤيرق
• fidah / فضة