antimonium

English

Noun

antimonium (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of antimony.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antimonium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑn.tiˈmoː.ni.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧mo‧ni‧um

Noun

antimonium n (uncountable)

1. antimony

   Synonyms: antimoon, stibium

Latin

Chemical element
Sb
Previous: stannum (Sn)
Next: tellurium (Te)

Etymology

Via Arabic إِثْمِد (ʔiṯmid) from Egyptian sdm, msdmt.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈmo.ni.um/, [än̪t̪ɪˈmɔniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈmo.ni.um/, [än̪t̪iˈmɔːnium]

Noun

antimonium n (genitive antimoniī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) antimony

   Synonym: stibium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	antimonium	antimonia
Genitive	antimoniī	antimoniōrum
Dative	antimoniō	antimoniīs
Accusative	antimonium	antimonia
Ablative	antimoniō	antimoniīs
Vocative	antimonium	antimonia

Descendants

• Catalan: antimoni
• French: antimoine
• Galician: antimonio
• Italian: antimonio
• Portuguese: antimónio, antimônio (Brazil)
• Romanian: antimoniu
• Spanish: antimonio

References

• antimonium 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)