ψευδάργυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) +‎ ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pseu̯.dár.ɡy.ros/ → /pseβˈðar.ʝy.ros/ → /psevˈðar.ʝi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pseu̯.dár.ɡy.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psewˈdar.ɡy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pseβˈðar.ʝy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psevˈðar.ʝy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psevˈðar.ʝi.ros/

Noun

ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος • (pseudárguros) m (genitive ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου); second declension

1. false silver, perhaps zinc

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος; τοῦ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος ho pseudárguros	τὼ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ pseudargúrō	οἱ ψευδᾰ́ργῠροι hoi pseudárguroi
Genitive	τοῦ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου toû pseudargúrou	τοῖν ψευδᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn pseudargúroin	τῶν ψευδᾰργῠ́ρων tôn pseudargúrōn
Dative	τῷ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρῳ tôi pseudargúrōi	τοῖν ψευδᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn pseudargúroin	τοῖς ψευδᾰργῠ́ροις toîs pseudargúrois
Accusative	τὸν ψευδᾰ́ργῠρον tòn pseudárguron	τὼ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ pseudargúrō	τοὺς ψευδᾰργῠ́ρους toùs pseudargúrous
Vocative	ψευδᾰ́ργῠρε pseudárgure	ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω pseudargúrō	ψευδᾰ́ργῠροι pseudárguroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ψευδάργυρος (psevdárgyros)

Further reading

• “ψευδάργυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψευδάργυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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Greek

Noun

ψευδάργυρος • (psevdárgyros) m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, metallurgy) zinc

Declension

  ψευδάργυρος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	ψευδάργυρος •
genitive	ψευδαργύρου •
accusative	ψευδάργυρο •
vocative	ψευδάργυρε •

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements

Further reading

• ψευδάργυρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el