electrum
See also: électrum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
electrum (countable and uncountable, plural electrums)
- (obsolete) Amber.
- An alloy of gold and silver, used by the ancients; now specifically a natural alloy with between 20 and 50 per cent silver.
- Synonym: green gold
- 1995, Paul T. Craddock, Early Metal Mining and Production, page 111:
- Native gold almost always contains silver in amounts varying widely between 5 and 50 per cent. This natural alloy is known as electrum although in classical antiquity where the word originated it seems to have been used for an artificial alloy of the two metals.
- 2002, Philip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, published 2004, page 45:
- A natural alloy containing more than 20 per cent silver is called electrum, and was regarded by the ancients as a different metal from gold.
- German silver plate.
Translations edit
fossil resin — see amber
alloy of gold and silver
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German silver plate
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Electrum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “electrum”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈlek.trum/, [eːˈɫ̪ɛkt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈlek.trum/, [eˈlɛkt̪rum]
Noun edit
ēlectrum n (genitive ēlectrī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | ēlectrum | ēlectra |
Genitive | ēlectrī | ēlectrōrum |
Dative | ēlectrō | ēlectrīs |
Accusative | ēlectrum | ēlectra |
Ablative | ēlectrō | ēlectrīs |
Vocative | ēlectrum | ēlectra |
Descendants edit
- Old French: eleutre
Further reading edit
- “electrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “electrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- electrum 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)
- electrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “electrum”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
- “electrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “electrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French électrum.
Noun edit
electrum n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of electrum (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) electrum | electrumul |
genitive/dative | (unui) electrum | electrumului |
vocative | electrumule |