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galena

See also: Galena, galèna, galenă, and galeną

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Galena
 
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Etymology edit

From Latin galēna (“dross from smelting lead”).

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Noun edit

galena (usually uncountable, plural galenas or galenae)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead. [From circa 1600.]
    • 1939 November, Raymond B. Wailes, “Chemical Engineering for Home Experimenters”, in Popular Science, page 207:
      You can easily extract lead from galena, a natural mineral which has been used in crystal radio receivers.
    • 1942, G. F. Loughlin, A. H. Koschmann, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Magdalena Mining District, New Mexico, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Issue 200, page 98,
      The galena of the ore contains microscopic inclusions of various forms that become visible upon polished surfaces etched with hydrochloric or nitric acid.
    • 1953, “Report of the Committee on the Measurement of Geologic Time”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 132:
      These samples had higher Pb206 and Pb208 abundances than any other galenas yet examined.
    • 2008, Sanghamitra Ghosh, Heavy Stable Isotope Investigations in Environmental Science and Archaeology, page 77:
      Very little galena has been reported (recovered mostly from burial mounds) in the Great Lakes region indicating that the mineral was not a major interregional exchange commodity during this period. However, numerous galenas have been recovered from the lower Mississippi Valley region and Florida indicating that galena was part of an important north-south exchange system (Walthall 1981).
  2. (medicine, obsolete) A remedy or antidote for poison; theriac[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ 1809, Bartholomew Parr, "PROGNOSIS" in The London Medical Dictionary

Further reading edit

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Galena”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “galena”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin galēna.

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Noun edit

galena f (plural galenes)

  1. galena

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Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lè‧na

Noun edit

galena f (plural galene)

  1. galena

Further reading edit

  • galena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Etymology edit

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵl̥h₂-es- (“glimmering, cheerful”). See cognate Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē, “serenity, calmness; type of metal mineral”).[1]

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Noun edit

galēna f (genitive galēnae); first declension

  1. lead-ore
    • 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 33, chapter 31:
      Excoqui non potest, nisi cum plumbo nigro aut cum vena plumbi – galenam vocant – quae iuxta argenti venas plerumque reperitur.
      It cannot be smelted, except together with lead or with the vein of lead – they call it galena – that is mostly found next to veins of silver.
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  2. (by extension) the dross that remains after smelting this ore
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    • 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 34, chapter 47:
      Huius qui primus fuit in fornacibus liquor stagnum appellatur; qui secundus argentum; quod remansit in fornacibus, galena, quae fit tertia portio additae venae; haec rursus conflata dat nigrum plumbum deductis partibus nonis II.
      That which first becomes liquid in the furnaces is called stagnum; that which is second is silver; what remains in the furnaces is galena, which forms a third portion of the added vein; when again made to fuse this gives black lead, two-ninths having been deducted.
    • 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 34, chapter 53:
      Est et molybdaena, quam alio loco galenam appellavimus, vena argenti plumbique communis.
      There is also molybdaena, which elsewhere we have called galena, a mineral of silver and lead together.

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative galēna galēnae
Genitive galēnae galēnārum
Dative galēnae galēnīs
Accusative galēnam galēnās
Ablative galēnā galēnīs
Vocative galēna galēnae

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: galena
  • English: galena
  • French: galène
  • Italian: galena
  • Spanish: galena

References edit

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γαλήνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257

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Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin galēna.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Syllabification: ga‧le‧na

Noun edit

galena f

  1. (mineralogy) galena
    Synonym: galenit

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Declension of galena
singular
nominative galena
genitive galeny
dative galenie
accusative galenę
instrumental galeną
locative galenie
vocative galeno

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adjective
noun

References edit

  1. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “galena”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading edit

  • galena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin galēna.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: ga‧le‧na

Noun edit

galena f (plural galenas)

  1. (mineralogy) galena (mineral mined as an ore of lead)

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Etymology edit

From Latin galēna.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlena/ [ɡaˈle.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: ga‧le‧na

Noun edit

galena f (plural galenas)

  1. (mineralogy) galena

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galena f (plural galenas)

  1. female equivalent of galeno

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