argentum

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, from *h₂erǵ- (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /arˈɡen.tum/, [arˈɡɛn.tũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈd͡ʒen.tum/

Noun

argentum n (genitive argentī); second declension

1. silver (metal, element)
   • Tacitus Germania, chapter 5 (translation M. Hutton).

     Argentum et aurum propitiine an irati di negaverint dubito.

     The gods have denied them gold and silver, whether in mercy or wrath I find it hard to say.

2. (by extension) a silver thing

See also

• argilla

References

• argentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• argentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• argentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• argentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • coined money; bullion: aes (argentum) signatum
    
  • silver plate: argentum (factum) (Verr. 5. 25. 63)
    
• argentum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• argentum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Alternative forms

• ارݢينتوم‎

Etymology

From Latin argentum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵn̥t-, n-stem form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a(r)ɡɛntom], [a(r)ɡɛntəm], [a(r)d͡ʒɛntəm]
• Rhymes: -tom, -om

Noun

argentum (Jawi spelling ارݢينتوم)

1. silver (metal)