stibium

Alternative forms

• stibnium
• stibnum

Etymology

From Latin stibium, antimony, which was imported from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a variant of στίμμι (stímmi) and originated in Egyptian

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪbɪəm/

Noun

stibium (uncountable)

1. antimony
2. kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt and Rome for eye cosmetics.

Further reading

• “Stibium” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
• stibium mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

Etymology

From Latin stibium.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: sti‧bi‧um

Noun

stibium n (uncountable)

1. antimony

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.bi.um/, [ˈstɪ.bi.ũ]

Noun

stibium n (genitive stibiī); second declension

1. antimony
2. kohl, stibnite

References

• stibium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stibium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette