cadmia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cadmia, ultimately from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of calamine, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris.
Noun edit
cadmia (uncountable)
- (mineralogy, obsolete) Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide.
References edit
- “cadmia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cadmia
- third-person singular past historic of cadmier
Italian edit
Verb edit
cadmia
- inflection of cadmiare:
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek κᾰδμῐ́ᾱ (kadmíā), variant of Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kadmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Equivalent to Cadmus + -ia.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- cadmīa
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kadˈmiː.a/, [käd̪ˈmiːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kadˈmi.a/, [käd̪ˈmiːä]
- cadmĭa
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkad.mi.a/, [ˈkäd̪miä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkad.mi.a/, [ˈkäd̪miä]
Noun edit
cadmī̆a f (genitive cadmī̆ae); first declension
- (alchemy, chemistry) calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during sublimation.
- (metallurgy, figuratively) dross, any furnace slag
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cadmī̆a | cadmī̆ae |
Genitive | cadmī̆ae | cadmī̆ārum |
Dative | cadmī̆ae | cadmī̆īs |
Accusative | cadmī̆am | cadmī̆ās |
Ablative | cadmī̆ā | cadmī̆īs |
Vocative | cadmī̆a | cadmī̆ae |
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- English: cadmia
- Medieval Latin: calamina, calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
- English: calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
- French: calamine
- English: calamine
References edit
- “cadmī̆a”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 1 cadmēa (-mīa ou -mĭa) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “235/2”
Etymology 2 edit
Regularly conjugated forms of cadmium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkad.mi.a/, [ˈkäd̪miä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkad.mi.a/, [ˈkäd̪miä]
Noun edit
cadmia n
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From cadmiu.
Verb edit
a cadmia (third-person singular present cadmiază, past participle cadmiat) 1st conj.
- to cover with cadmium
Conjugation edit
conjugation of cadmia (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a cadmia | ||||||
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gerund | cadmiind | ||||||
past participle | cadmiat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | cadmiez | cadmiezi | cadmiază | cadmiem | cadmiați | cadmiază | |
imperfect | cadmiam | cadmiai | cadmia | cadmiam | cadmiați | cadmiau | |
simple perfect | cadmiai | cadmiași | cadmie | cadmiarăm | cadmiarăți | cadmiară | |
pluperfect | cadmiasem | cadmiaseși | cadmiase | cadmiaserăm | cadmiaserăți | cadmiaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să cadmiez | să cadmiezi | să cadmieze | să cadmiem | să cadmiați | să cadmieze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | cadmiază | cadmiați | |||||
negative | nu cadmia | nu cadmiați |