molybdaenum
Latin
Etymology
From New Latin molybdaena (“any of various substances resembling lead, including lead and molybdenum, their sulphides, and graphite”), from Ancient Greek μολύβδαινα (molúbdaina, “a plummet”), from μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead; graphite”), from an Anatolian word cognate with Lydian 𐤪𐤠𐤭𐤦𐤥𐤣𐤠 (mariwda, “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *morkʷ-iyo-, from a root *morkʷ- (“dark”)
Attested since the last quarter of 18th century.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /mo.lybˈdae̯.num/, [mɔlʲʏbˈd̪äe̯nʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mo.libˈde.num/, [molibˈd̪ɛːnum]
Noun
molybdaenum n (genitive molybdaenī); second declension
- molybdenum (chemical element 42)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | molybdaenum | molybdaena |
Genitive | molybdaenī | molybdaenōrum |
Dative | molybdaenō | molybdaenīs |
Accusative | molybdaenum | molybdaena |
Ablative | molybdaenō | molybdaenīs |
Vocative | molybdaenum | molybdaena |
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