ψευδάργυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψευδο- (pseudo-, “false”) +‎ ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pseβˈðar.ʝy.ros/ → /psevˈðar.ʝi.ros/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psewˈdar.ɡy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pseβˈðar.ʝy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psevˈðar.ʝy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psevˈðar.ʝi.ros/

Noun

ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος • (pseudắrgŭros) m (genitive ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου); second declension (Koine)

1. mock silver, false silver, perhaps zinc
   • c. 23 CE, Strabo, chapter 1.56, in Γεωγραφικά, volume XIII:

     λίθος περὶ τὰ Ἄνδειρα͵ ὃς καιόμενος σίδηρος γίνεται· εἶτα μετὰ γῆς τινος καμινευθεὶς ἀποστάζει ψευδάργυρον͵ ἣ προσλαβοῦσα χαλκὸν τὸ καλούμενον γίνεται κρᾶμα͵ ὅ τινες ὀρείχαλκον καλοῦσι

     a stone in the vicinity of Andeira which, when burned becomes iron, and then, when heated in a furnace with a certain earth, distils false silver; and this, with the addition of copper, makes the so-called "mixture" (alloy), which by some is called "orichalcum"

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος; τοῦ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος ho pseudắrgŭros	τὼ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ pseudărgŭ́rō	οἱ ψευδᾰ́ργῠροι hoi pseudắrgŭroi
Genitive	τοῦ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου toû pseudărgŭ́rou	τοῖν ψευδᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn pseudărgŭ́roin	τῶν ψευδᾰργῠ́ρων tôn pseudărgŭ́rōn
Dative	τῷ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρῳ tôi pseudărgŭ́rōi	τοῖν ψευδᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn pseudărgŭ́roin	τοῖς ψευδᾰργῠ́ροις toîs pseudărgŭ́rois
Accusative	τὸν ψευδᾰ́ργῠρον tòn pseudắrgŭron	τὼ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ pseudărgŭ́rō	τοὺς ψευδᾰργῠ́ρους toùs pseudărgŭ́rous
Vocative	ψευδᾰ́ργῠρε pseudắrgŭre	ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω pseudărgŭ́rō	ψευδᾰ́ργῠροι pseudắrgŭroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ψευδάργυρος (psevdárgyros)

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

Learned diachronic borrowing from Koine Greek ψευδάργυρος (pseudárguros), based on the identification of the latter as zinc (see Strabo XIII, 1.56, p. 610). Morphologically, ψευδ- (psevd-, “false”) +‎ άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pseˈvðaɾ.ʝi.ɾos/
• Hyphenation: ψευ‧δάρ‧γυ‧ρος

Noun

ψευδάργυρος • (psevdárgyros) m (plural ψευδάργυροι)

1. (chemistry, metallurgy) zinc

   Synonym: τσίγκος (tsígkos) (informal)

Declension

Declension of ψευδάργυρος

	singular	plural
nominative	ψευδάργυρος (psevdárgyros)	ψευδάργυροι (psevdárgyroi)
genitive	ψευδάργυρου (psevdárgyrou) ψευδαργύρου (psevdargýrou)	ψευδάργυρων (psevdárgyron) ψευδαργύρων (psevdargýron)
accusative	ψευδάργυρο (psevdárgyro)	ψευδάργυρους (psevdárgyrous) ψευδαργύρους (psevdargýrous)
vocative	ψευδάργυρε (psevdárgyre)	ψευδάργυροι (psevdárgyroi)

Second forms are formal. Usually in the singular.

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements

Derived terms

• ψευδαργυρικός (psevdargyrikós, “related to zinc”, adjective) (formal, technical)
• ψευδαργυρίτης m (psevdargyrítis, “zincite (mineral)”, noun)
• ψευδαργυρώνω (psevdargyróno)
• ψευδαργύρωση f (psevdargýrosi)

Further reading

• ψευδάργυρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el