antimonium

English

Noun

antimonium (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of antimony.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antimonium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑn.tiˈmoː.ni.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧mo‧ni‧um

Noun

antimonium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. antimony

   Synonyms: antimoon, stibium

Latin

Chemical element (edit)
Sb Atomic number 51 antimonium
Alternative names: stibium
Classification data Period 5 Group 15 Block p-block Class metalloid
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Latin Wikipedia article on Stibium

Etymology

Edmund Oscar von Lippmann (a major historian of chemistry) proposed that antimonium is a Latinized form of the late Greek ἀνθεμώνιον (anthemónion, “little flower,” “that which has blossomed,” “efflorescence”). The basis for this is the characteristic radial, “flower-like” structure of the crystals of stibnite (antimony sulfide). In Greek there is a whole series of similar terms for chemical and biological “efflorescences” and flower-like formations (ἄνθεμον (ánthemon), ἀνθεμίς (anthemís), etc.).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [an.tɪˈmɔ.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [an.tiˈmɔː.ni.um]

Noun

antimonium n (genitive antimoniī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) antimony

   Synonym: stibium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	antimonium	antimonia
genitive	antimoniī	antimoniōrum
dative	antimoniō	antimoniīs
accusative	antimonium	antimonia
ablative	antimoniō	antimoniīs
vocative	antimonium	antimonia

Descendants

• Catalan: antimoni
• French: antimoine
• Galician: antimonio
• Italian: antimonio
• Portuguese: antimónio, antimônio (Brazil)
• Romanian: antimoniu
• Spanish: antimonio
• → English: antimony

References

• "antimonium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• https://www.scribd.com/document/910838740/EI3-Antimony