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 (marivda, “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *morkʷ-iyo-, from a root *morkʷ- (“dark”)
Attested since the last quarter of 18th century.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mo.lybˈdae̯.num/, [mɔ.lʏbˈdae̯.nũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈlib.dɛ.num/
Noun
molybdaenum n (genitive molybdaenī); second declension
- molybdenum (chemical element 42)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | molybdaenum | molybdaena |
| Genitive | molybdaenī | molybdaenōrum |
| Dative | molybdaenō | molybdaenīs |
| Accusative | molybdaenum | molybdaena |
| Ablative | molybdaenō | molybdaenīs |
| Vocative | molybdaenum | molybdaena |