λιθάργυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λίθος (líthos, “stone”) +‎ ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.tʰár.ɡy.ros/ → /liˈθar.ʝy.ros/ → /liˈθar.ʝi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.tʰár.ɡy.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈtʰar.ɡy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈθar.ʝy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈθar.ʝy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈθar.ʝi.ros/

Noun

λῐθᾰ́ργῠρος • (lithárguros) f (genitive λῐθᾰργῠ́ρου); second declension

1. litharge, lead monoxide

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ λῐθᾰ́ργῠρος; τῆς λῐθᾰργῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐθᾰ́ργῠρος hē lithárguros	τὼ λῐθᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ lithargúrō	αἱ λῐθᾰ́ργῠροι hai lithárguroi
Genitive	τῆς λῐθᾰργῠ́ρου tês lithargúrou	τοῖν λῐθᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn lithargúroin	τῶν λῐθᾰργῠ́ρων tôn lithargúrōn
Dative	τῇ λῐθᾰργῠ́ρῳ têi lithargúrōi	τοῖν λῐθᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn lithargúroin	ταῖς λῐθᾰργῠ́ροις taîs lithargúrois
Accusative	τὴν λῐθᾰ́ργῠρον tḕn lithárguron	τὼ λῐθᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ lithargúrō	τᾱ̀ς λῐθᾰργῠ́ρους tā̀s lithargúrous
Vocative	λῐθᾰ́ργῠρε lithárgure	λῐθᾰργῠ́ρω lithargúrō	λῐθᾰ́ργῠροι lithárguroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λιθαργύρεος (lithargúreos)
• λιθαργύρινος (lithargúrinos)
• λιθαργυροφανής (lithargurophanḗs)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: lithargyrus
  • → English: litharge
  • → French: litharge

Further reading

• “λιθάργυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λιθάργυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette