auripigmentum

Latin

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ pigmentum (“pigment”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯.ri.piɡˈmen.tum/, [äu̯rɪpɪɡˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯.ri.piɡˈmen.tum/, [äu̯ripiɡˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

auripigmentum n (genitive auripigmentī); second declension

1. orpiment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	auripigmentum	auripigmenta
Genitive	auripigmentī	auripigmentōrum
Dative	auripigmentō	auripigmentīs
Accusative	auripigmentum	auripigmenta
Ablative	auripigmentō	auripigmentīs
Vocative	auripigmentum	auripigmenta

Related terms

• aurāria
• aurārius
• aurāta
• aurātilis
• aurātūra
• aurātus
• aureātus
• Aurēlia
• Aurēlius
• aureolus
• aurēscō
• aureus
• auricoctor
• auricolor
• auricomāns
• auricomus
• aurifer
• aurifex
• aurificīna
• aurificium
• aurifluus
• aurifodīna
• aurifrigium
• aurigāns
• aurigena
• auriger
• aurilegulus
• aurō
• aurōsus
• aurūgineus
• aurūginō
• aurūginōsus
• aurūgō
• aurulentus
• aurum

Descendants

• Catalan: orpiment
• → Middle English: auripigment, aurypigment
  • English: auripigment
• Old French: orpiment
  • French: orpiment
  • → Middle English: orpyment, orpiment, orpement, orpment, orpemynt
    • English: orpiment
• → German: Auripigment
• Italian: orpimento
• → Portuguese: auripigmento
• → Romanian: auripigment
• → Russian: аурипигме́нт (auripigmént)

References

• “auripigmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• auripigmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.