argenteus

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom

Proto-Italic *argentom

Latin argentum

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin argenteusbor.

English argenteus

Borrowed from Latin argenteus (“of silver”).

Noun

argenteus (plural argentei)

1. A silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples.

Translations

Roman silver coin

• Polish: argenteus (pl) m
• Portuguese: argênteo (pt) m

Anagrams

• gauntrees, sergeaunt, user agent

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom

Proto-Italic *argentom

Latin argentum

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin argenteus

From argentum + -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [arˈɡɛn.te.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [arˈd͡ʒɛn.te.us]

Adjective

argenteus (feminine argentea, neuter argenteum); first/second-declension adjective

1. silvern, silvery

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	argenteus	argentea	argenteum		argenteī	argenteae	argentea
genitive	argenteī	argenteae	argenteī		argenteōrum	argenteārum	argenteōrum
dative	argenteō	argenteae	argenteō		argenteīs
accusative	argenteum	argenteam	argenteum		argenteōs	argenteās	argentea
ablative	argenteō	argenteā	argenteō		argenteīs
vocative	argentee	argentea	argenteum		argenteī	argenteae	argentea

Derived terms

• Codex Argenteus
• nummus argenteus

Descendants

• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: argenç
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: arenço
  • Old Spanish: arienço
    • Spanish: arienzo
• Borrowings:
  • → English: argenteous, argenteus
  • → Italian: argenteo
  • → Portuguese: argênteo
  • → Spanish: argénteo

References

• “argenteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “argenteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "argenteus", 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)
• “argenteus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “argenteus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “argenteus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly