hepatizon
English
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hēpatizon, from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον (hēpatízon), from ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων (hēpatízōn, “liver-coloured”).
Noun
hepatizon (uncountable)
- A valuable metal alloy in antiquity, thought to have been an alloy of copper with gold and silver, mixed and treated to produce a material with a dark purplish patina.
Translations
valuable metal alloy in antiquity
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον (hēpatízon), neuter of ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων (hēpatízōn, “liver-coloured”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /heː.paˈtiz.zon/, [heːpäˈt̪ɪz̪d̪͡z̪ɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.paˈtid.d͡zon/, [epäˈt̪id̪ː͡z̪on]
Noun
hēpatizon n sg (genitive hēpatizontis); third declension
- liver-coloured Corinthian bronze
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
Declension
- This word is attested only in the nominative singular; the remaining declension is hypothetical.
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | hēpatizon |
Genitive | hēpatizontis |
Dative | hēpatizontī |
Accusative | hēpatizon |
Ablative | hēpatizonte |
Vocative | hēpatizon |
Descendants
- English: hepatizon
References
- “hēpătīzon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hēpătizŏn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 741/1.
- “hēpatizon” on page 790/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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