argenteus

argenteus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin argenteus (“of silver”).

Noun

argenteus (plural argentei)

1. A silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples.

Translations

Roman silver coin

Portuguese: argênteo (pt) m

Anagrams

• gauntrees, sergeaunt, user agent

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Latin

Etymology

From argentum +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /arˈɡen.te.us/, [ärˈɡɛn̪t̪eʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈd͡ʒen.te.us/, [ärˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪eus]

Adjective

argenteus (feminine argentea, neuter argenteum); first/second-declension adjective

1. silvern, silvery

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	argenteus	argentea	argenteum		argenteī	argenteae	argentea
Genitive	argenteī	argenteae	argenteī		argenteōrum	argenteārum	argenteōrum
Dative	argenteō		argenteō		argenteīs
Accusative	argenteum	argenteam	argenteum		argenteōs	argenteās	argentea
Ablative	argenteō	argenteā	argenteō		argenteīs
Vocative	argentee	argentea	argenteum		argenteī	argenteae	argentea

Derived terms

• Codex Argenteus
• nummus argenteus

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Old Portuguese: arenço
  • Old Spanish: arienço
    • Spanish: arienzo
• Borrowed:
  • → English: argenteous, argenteus
  • → Italian: argenteo
  • → Portuguese: argênteo
  • → Spanish: argénteo

References

• “argenteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “argenteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• argenteus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• argenteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “argenteus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “argenteus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly