ψευδάργυρος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ψευδο- (pseudo-, false) +‎ ἄργυρος (árguros, silver).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος (pseudárgurosm (genitive ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου); second declension (Koine)

  1. mock silver, false silver, perhaps zinc
    • c. 23 CE, Strabo, chapter 1.56, in Γεωγραφικά, volume XIII:
      λίθος περὶ τὰ Ἄνδειρα͵ ὃς καιόμενος σίδηρος γίνεται· εἶτα μετὰ γῆς τινος καμινευθεὶς ἀποστάζει ψευδάργυρον͵ ἣ προσλαβοῦσα χαλκὸν τὸ καλούμενον γίνεται κρᾶμα͵ ὅ τινες ὀρείχαλκον καλοῦσι
      a stone in the vicinity of Andeira which, when burned becomes iron, and then, when heated in a furnace with a certain earth, distils false silver; and this, with the addition of copper, makes the so-called "mixture" (alloy), which by some is called "orichalcum"

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: ψευδάργυρος (psevdárgyros)

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned diachronic borrowing from Koine Greek ψευδάργυρος (pseudárguros),[1] based on the identification of the latter as zinc (see Strabo XIII, 1.56, p. 610). Morphologically, ψευδ- (psevd-, false) +‎ άργυρος (árgyros, silver).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pseˈvðaɾ.ʝi.ɾos/
  • Hyphenation: ψευ‧δάρ‧γυ‧ρος

Noun

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ψευδάργυρος (psevdárgyrosm (plural ψευδάργυροι)

  1. (chemistry, metallurgy) zinc
    Synonym: τσίγκος (tsígkos) (informal)

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References

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  1. ^ ψευδάργυρος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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