argenteus
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin argenteus (“of silver”).
Noun edit
argenteus (plural argentei)
- A silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈɡen.te.us/, [ärˈɡɛn̪t̪eʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈd͡ʒen.te.us/, [ärˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪eus]
Adjective edit
argenteus (feminine argentea, neuter argenteum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
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 | |
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References edit
- “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