galena
English
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Etymology
From Latin galēna (“dross from smelting lead”), of unknown origin.
Noun
galena (usually uncountable, plural galenas)
- (mineralogy) A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead. [From circa 1600.]
- 1939 November, Raymond B. Wailes, Chemical Engineering for Home Experimenters, Popular Science, page 207,
- You can easily extract lead from galena, a natural mineral which has been used in crystal radio receivers.
- 1942, G. F. Loughlin, A. H. Koschmann, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Magdalena Mining District, New Mexico, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Issue 200, page 98,
- The galena of the ore contains microscopic inclusions of various forms that become visible upon polished surfaces etched with hydrochloric or nitric acid.
- 1953, National Research Council (U.S.), Report of the Committee on the Measurement of Geologic Time, page 132,
- These samples had higher Pb206 and Pb208 abundances than any other galenas yet examined.
- 2008, Sanghamitra Ghosh, Heavy Stable Isotope Investigations in Environmental Science and Archaeology, page 77,
- Very little galena has been reported (recovered mostly from burial mounds) in the Great Lakes region indicating that the mineral was not a major interregional exchange commodity during this period. However, numerous galenas have been recovered from the lower Mississippi Valley region and Florida indicating that galena was part of an important north-south exchange system (Walthall 1981).
- 1939 November, Raymond B. Wailes, Chemical Engineering for Home Experimenters, Popular Science, page 207,
- (medicine, obsolete) A remedy or antidote for poison; theriac.
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Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
mineral
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Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Galena”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “galena”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Noun
galena f (plural galenes)
Further reading
- “galena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “galena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “galena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “galena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡaˈleː.na/, [ɡäˈɫ̪eːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡaˈle.na/, [ɡäˈlɛːnä]
Noun
galēna f (genitive galēnae); first declension
- lead-ore
- 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 33, chapter 31:
- Excoqui non potest, nisi cum plumbo nigro aut cum vena plumbi – galenam vocant – quae iuxta argenti venas plerumque reperitur.
- It cannot be smelted, except together with lead or with the vein of lead – they call it galena – that is mostly found next to veins of silver.
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- 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 33, chapter 31:
- (by extension) the dross that remains after smelting this ore
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- 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 34, chapter 47:
- Huius qui primus fuit in fornacibus liquor stagnum appellatur; qui secundus argentum; quod remansit in fornacibus, galena, quae fit tertia portio additae venae; haec rursus conflata dat nigrum plumbum deductis partibus nonis II.
- That which first becomes liquid in the furnaces is called stagnum; that which is second is silver; what remains in the furnaces is galena, which forms a third portion of the added vein; when again made to fuse this gives black lead, two-ninths having been deducted.
- 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 34, chapter 53:
- Est et molybdaena, quam alio loco galenam appellavimus, vena argenti plumbique communis.
- There is also molybdaena, which elsewhere we have called galena, a mineral of silver and lead together.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | galēna | galēnae |
Genitive | galēnae | galēnārum |
Dative | galēnae | galēnīs |
Accusative | galēnam | galēnās |
Ablative | galēnā | galēnīs |
Vocative | galēna | galēnae |
Descendants
References
- “gălēna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gălēna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 701/2.
- “galēna” on page 753/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
galena f (plural galenas)
- (mineralogy) galena (mineral mined as an ore of lead)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
galena f (plural galenas)
Further reading
- “galena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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