arsenicum
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Etymology edit
From Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), Aramaic 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zrnykʾ /zarnīḵā/)), from Middle Iranian *zarnīk (compare Persian زرنی (zarni, “arsenic”)), from Old Iranian *zarniya-ka- (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zaraniia, “golden”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎡𐎹 (d-r-n-i-y /daraniya-/, “gold”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (híraṇya, “gold”), Persian زر (zar, “gold”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arsenicum n (uncountable)
Synonyms edit
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
Late/Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”), borrowed through Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ, “orpiment”) from Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), from Middle Persian *zarnīk, from Old Iranian *zarniya-ka-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈse.ni.kum/, [ärˈs̠ɛnɪkʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈse.ni.kum/, [ärˈsɛːnikum]
Noun edit
arsenicum n (genitive arsenicī); second declension
- arsenic (chemical element 33)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | arsenicum | arsenica |
Genitive | arsenicī | arsenicōrum |
Dative | arsenicō | arsenicīs |
Accusative | arsenicum | arsenica |
Ablative | arsenicō | arsenicīs |
Vocative | arsenicum | arsenica |
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: arsènic
- Galician: arsénico
- Italian: arsenico
- Occitan: arsenic
- Portuguese: arsénico
- Spanish: arsénico
References edit
- “arsenicum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arsenicum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.