ψευδάργυρος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ψευδο- (pseudo-, “false”) + ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”).
Pronunciation
edit- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psewˈdar.ɡy.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pseβˈðar.ʝy.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psevˈðar.ʝy.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psevˈðar.ʝi.ros/
Noun
editψευδᾰ́ργῠρος • (pseudárguros) m (genitive ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου); second declension (Koine)
- mock silver, false silver, perhaps zinc
- c. 23 CE, Strabo, chapter 1.56, in Γεωγραφικά, volume XIII:
- λίθος περὶ τὰ Ἄνδειρα͵ ὃς καιόμενος σίδηρος γίνεται· εἶτα μετὰ γῆς τινος καμινευθεὶς ἀποστάζει ψευδάργυρον͵ ἣ προσλαβοῦσα χαλκὸν τὸ καλούμενον γίνεται κρᾶμα͵ ὅ τινες ὀρείχαλκον καλοῦσι
- a stone in the vicinity of Andeira which, when burned becomes iron, and then, when heated in a furnace with a certain earth, distils false silver; and this, with the addition of copper, makes the so-called "mixture" (alloy), which by some is called "orichalcum"
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος ho pseudárguros |
τὼ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ pseudargúrō |
οἱ ψευδᾰ́ργῠροι hoi pseudárguroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου toû pseudargúrou |
τοῖν ψευδᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn pseudargúroin |
τῶν ψευδᾰργῠ́ρων tôn pseudargúrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρῳ tôi pseudargúrōi |
τοῖν ψευδᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn pseudargúroin |
τοῖς ψευδᾰργῠ́ροις toîs pseudargúrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ψευδᾰ́ργῠρον tòn pseudárguron |
τὼ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ pseudargúrō |
τοὺς ψευδᾰργῠ́ρους toùs pseudargúrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψευδᾰ́ργῠρε pseudárgure |
ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω pseudargúrō |
ψευδᾰ́ργῠροι pseudárguroi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Greek: ψευδάργυρος (psevdárgyros)
Further reading
edit- “ψευδάργυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψευδάργυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
editEtymology
editLearned diachronic borrowing from Koine Greek ψευδάργυρος (pseudárguros),[1] based on the identification of the latter as zinc (see Strabo XIII, 1.56, p. 610). Morphologically, ψευδ- (psevd-, “false”) + άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editψευδάργυρος • (psevdárgyros) m (plural ψευδάργυροι)
- (chemistry, metallurgy) zinc
- Synonym: τσίγκος (tsígkos) (informal)
Declension
editDeclension of ψευδάργυρος
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | ψευδάργυρος • | ψευδάργυροι • | |
genitive | ψευδάργυρου •, ψευδαργύρου • | ψευδάργυρων •, ψευδαργύρων • | |
accusative | ψευδάργυρο • | ψευδάργυρους •, ψευδαργύρους • | |
vocative | ψευδάργυρε • | ψευδάργυροι • | |
Second forms are formal. Usually in the singular. |
Coordinate terms
editDerived terms
edit- ψευδαργυρικός (psevdargyrikós, “related to zinc”, adjective) (formal, technical)
- ψευδαργυρίτης m (psevdargyrítis, “zincite (mineral)”, noun)
- ψευδαργυρώνω (psevdargyróno)
- ψευδαργύρωση f (psevdargýrosi)
References
edit- ^ ψευδάργυρος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
edit- ψευδάργυρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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