auripigmentum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *auzom

Latin aurum

Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti

Proto-Italic *pingō

Latin pingō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin pīgmentum

Latin auripīgmentum

From aurum (“gold”) + pīgmentum (“pigment”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯.rɪ.pɪɡˈmɛn.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯.ri.piɡˈmɛn.tum]

Noun

auripīgmentum n (genitive auripīgmentī); second declension

1. orpiment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	auripīgmentum	auripīgmenta
genitive	auripīgmentī	auripīgmentōrum
dative	auripīgmentō	auripīgmentīs
accusative	auripīgmentum	auripīgmenta
ablative	auripīgmentō	auripīgmentīs
vocative	auripīgmentum	auripīgmenta

Related terms

• aurāria
• aurārius
• aurāta
• aurātilis
• aurātūra
• aurātus
• aureātus
• Aurēlia
• Aurēlius
• aureolus
• aurēscō
• aureus
• auricoctor
• auricolor
• auricomāns
• auricomus
• aurifer
• aurifex
• aurificīna
• aurificium
• aurifluus
• aurifodīna
• aurifrigium
• aurigāns
• aurigena
• auriger
• aurilegulus
• aurō
• aurōsus
• aurūgineus
• aurūginō
• aurūginōsus
• aurūgō
• aurulentus
• aurum

Descendants

• Catalan: orpiment
• → Middle English: auripigment, aurypigment
  • English: auripigment
• Old French: orpiment
  • French: orpiment
  • → Middle English: orpyment, orpiment, orpement, orpment, orpemynt
    • English: orpiment
• → German: Auripigment
• Italian: orpimento
• → Portuguese: auripigmento
• → Romanian: auripigment
• → Russian: аурипигме́нт (auripigmént)

References

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