oxygenum

Latin

Chemical element
O
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Alternative forms

• oxygenium

Etymology

New Latin, borrowed from French oxygène, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) +‎ Latin -genus (“born from”), referring to oxygen's role in the formation of acids.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /okˈsy.ɡe.num/, [ɔkˈs̠ʏɡɛnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /okˈsi.d͡ʒe.num/, [okˈsiːd͡ʒenum]

Noun

oxygenum n (genitive oxygenī); second declension

1. (New Latin) oxygen

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oxygenum	oxygena
Genitive	oxygenī	oxygenōrum
Dative	oxygenō	oxygenīs
Accusative	oxygenum	oxygena
Ablative	oxygenō	oxygenīs
Vocative	oxygenum	oxygena

Further reading

• Tomtsányi, Adamus (1820) Institutiones Physicae: Pars II. Complectens Physicam Particularem. 2 (Institutiones Physicae)‎^[1], Pest, Hungary: Typis, et Sumptibus N. Joannis Thomae Trattner, pages 15–17
• Cfr. "... et qui eum sequebantur oxygenum in omnibus metamorphosibus chemicis agere credebant, quantum oxygeni, in quoque corpore sit et quomodo in id oxygenum agat, explorabant: omnis chemia erat chemia oxygeni" in Bauer, Wilhelm (1861) De atomis quas philosophia et de rerum natura disciplinae statuunt: Dissertatio inauguralis philosophica‎^[2], Ploetz, page 33.
• Cfr. "... oxygenum a vasculis capillaribus ateriosis recipis non potest ...", in Jaeger, Hermann Joseph (1816) Tractatus physico-medicus de atmosphaera et aere atmosphaerico: nec non de variis gazis, vaporibus, effluviisque in eis contentis, respectu eorum in corpus humanum effectuum‎^[3], Colonia Agrippina [Cologne]: H. Rommerskirchen, page 83
• Cfr. "... et immersione longiore omnino gaz oxygenum evanescebat ...", in de Candolle, Augustin Pyramus (1802) Astragalogia‎^[4], Paris: sumptibus Joann. Bapt. Garnery, page 11
• Cfr. "To these would be added “oxygenus,” and the “halogenus” group “fluorus, chlorus,” etc., which would form adjectives “chloridus, chloratus,” etc., or nouns “chloridum,” etc., according to the convention chosen." (p. 449), in Prideaux, E. B. R., Prideaux, H. C. (1919 January) “Science and the international language”, in Science Progress‎^[5], volume 13, number 51, Sage Publications, Inc., retrieved 13 Aprilis 2023, pages 445-449.