argentum
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin argentum (“silver”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar.ˈɡɛn.tʊm/
- Rhymes: -tʊm, -ʊm, -m
- Hyphenation: ar‧gen‧tum
Noun
argentum (plural argentum-argentum, first-person possessive argentumku, second-person possessive argentummu, third-person possessive argentumnya)
- silver
- Synonym: perak
Further reading
- “argentum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
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Etymology
From Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈɡen.tum/, [ärˈɡɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈd͡ʒen.tum/, [ärˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
argentum n (genitive argentī); second declension
- (uncountable) 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.
- Argentum et aurum propitiine an irati di negaverint dubito.
- Tacitus Germania, chapter 5 (translation M. Hutton).
- (by extension) a silver thing
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | argentum | argenta |
Genitive | argentī | argentōrum |
Dative | argentō | argentīs |
Accusative | argentum | argenta |
Ablative | argentō | argentīs |
Vocative | argentum | argenta |
Derived terms
- argentāria (“bank-counter”)
- argentārium
- argentārius (“banker”)
- argentātus
- argenteus
- argentīfodīna
- Argentīnus
- argentōsus
- argentum vīvum (“quicksilver, mercury”)
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Megleno-Romanian: arzint, răzint
- Romanian: argint
- → Old Albanian: rgjand
- Dalmatian:
- arziant
- Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: argentu
- Gallurese: algentu
- Italian: argento, ariento
- → Albanian: argjend
- Sicilian: argentu
- North Italian:
- Ligurian: argénto
- Lombard: arsgent, arzent
- Piedmontese: argent
- Friulian: arint
- Romagnol: arẓént
- Romansch: argient, argien
- Venetian: arxento
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: argent (see there for further descendants)
- Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: argent
- Occitan: argent
- Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: archent
- Old Portuguese: arento
- Old Spanish: ariento
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: arghentu (Logudorese), argentu (Campidanese)
- Borrowings:
- → Galician: arxento
- → Malay: argentum
- → Portuguese: argento
- → Spanish: argento
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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)
- coined money; bullion: aes (argentum) signatum
- “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
Malay
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Alternative forms
- ارݢينتوم
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin argentum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, 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)
- silver (metal)
Usage notes
- Usually used in scientific contexts compared to perak.
Synonyms
- perak / ڤيرق
- fidah / فضة