λιθάργυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λίθος (líthos, “stone”) +‎ ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.tʰár.ɡy.ros/ → /liˈθar.ʝy.ros/ → /liˈθar.ʝi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.tʰár.ɡy.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈtʰar.ɡy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈθar.ʝy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈθar.ʝy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈθar.ʝi.ros/

Noun

λῐθᾰ́ργῠρος • (lĭthắrgŭros) f (genitive λῐθᾰργῠ́ρου); second declension

1. litharge, lead monoxide

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ λῐθᾰ́ργῠρος; τῆς λῐθᾰργῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐθᾰ́ργῠρος hē lĭthắrgŭros	τὼ λῐθᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ lĭthărgŭ́rō	αἱ λῐθᾰ́ργῠροι hai lĭthắrgŭroi
Genitive	τῆς λῐθᾰργῠ́ρου tês lĭthărgŭ́rou	τοῖν λῐθᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn lĭthărgŭ́roin	τῶν λῐθᾰργῠ́ρων tôn lĭthărgŭ́rōn
Dative	τῇ λῐθᾰργῠ́ρῳ têi lĭthărgŭ́rōi	τοῖν λῐθᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn lĭthărgŭ́roin	ταῖς λῐθᾰργῠ́ροις taîs lĭthărgŭ́rois
Accusative	τὴν λῐθᾰ́ργῠρον tḕn lĭthắrgŭron	τὼ λῐθᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ lĭthărgŭ́rō	τᾱ̀ς λῐθᾰργῠ́ρους tā̀s lĭthărgŭ́rous
Vocative	λῐθᾰ́ργῠρε lĭthắrgŭre	λῐθᾰργῠ́ρω lĭthărgŭ́rō	λῐθᾰ́ργῠροι lĭthắrgŭroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λιθαργύρεος (lithargúreos)
• λιθαργύρινος (lithargúrinos)
• λιθαργυροφανής (lithargurophanḗs)

Descendants

• → Latin: lithargyrus
  • → English: litharge
  • → French: litharge

Further reading

• “λιθάργυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λιθάργυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette