arsenicum

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), Aramaic 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zrnykʾ /⁠zarnīḵā⁠/)), from Middle Iranian *zarnīk (compare Persian زرنی (zarni, “arsenic”)), from Old Iranian *zarniya-ka- (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zaraniia, “golden”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎡𐎹 (d-r-n-i-y /⁠daraniya-⁠/, “gold”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (híraṇya, “gold”), Persian زر (zar, “gold”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑrˈseː.ni.kʏm/

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• Hyphenation: ar‧se‧ni‧cum

Noun

arsenicum n (uncountable)

1. arsenic

Synonyms

• arseen

Latin

Chemical element
As
Previous: germanium (Ge)
Next: selenium (Se)

Alternative forms

• 🜺 (alchemy)

Etymology

Late/Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”), borrowed through Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ, “orpiment”) from Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), from Middle Persian *zarnīk, from Old Iranian *zarniya-ka-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈse.ni.kum/, [ärˈs̠ɛnɪkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈse.ni.kum/, [ärˈsɛːnikum]

Noun

arsenicum n (genitive arsenicī); second declension

1. arsenic (chemical element 33)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arsenicum	arsenica
Genitive	arsenicī	arsenicōrum
Dative	arsenicō	arsenicīs
Accusative	arsenicum	arsenica
Ablative	arsenicō	arsenicīs
Vocative	arsenicum	arsenica

Synonyms

• arrenicum

Descendants

• Catalan: arsènic
• Galician: arsénico
• Italian: arsenico
• Occitan: arsenic
• Portuguese: arsénico
• Spanish: arsénico

• → Dutch: arsenicum
• → German: Arsen
  • → Dutch: arseen
    • Afrikaans: arseen
• → Old French: arsenic
  • Middle French: arsenic
  • → Middle English: arsenik
    • English: arsenic
      • → Irish: arsanaic

References

• “arsenicum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arsenicum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.