ὑδράργυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) +‎ ἄργῠρος (árgŭros, “silver”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.drár.ɡy.ros/ → /yˈðrar.ʝy.ros/ → /iˈðrar.ʝi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.drár.ɡy.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈdrar.ɡy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈðrar.ʝy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈðrar.ʝy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈðrar.ʝi.ros/

Noun

ὑδράργῠρος • (hudrárgŭros) f (genitive ὑδραργύρου); second declension

1. quicksilver artificially prepared from cinnabar ore
   1. (in general) quicksilver, mercury

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ὑδράργῠρος; τῆς ὑδραργῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὑδράργῠρος hē hudrárgŭros	τὼ ὑδραργῠ́ρω tṑ hudrargŭ́rō	αἱ ὑδράργῠροι hai hudrárgŭroi
Genitive	τῆς ὑδραργῠ́ρου tês hudrargŭ́rou	τοῖν ὑδραργῠ́ροιν toîn hudrargŭ́roin	τῶν ὑδραργῠ́ρων tôn hudrargŭ́rōn
Dative	τῇ ὑδραργῠ́ρῳ têi hudrargŭ́rōi	τοῖν ὑδραργῠ́ροιν toîn hudrargŭ́roin	ταῖς ὑδραργῠ́ροις taîs hudrargŭ́rois
Accusative	τὴν ὑδράργῠρον tḕn hudrárgŭron	τὼ ὑδραργῠ́ρω tṑ hudrargŭ́rō	τᾱ̀ς ὑδραργῠ́ρους tā̀s hudrargŭ́rous
Vocative	ὑδράργῠρε hudrárgŭre	ὑδραργῠ́ρω hudrargŭ́rō	ὑδράργῠροι hudrárgŭroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὑδραργυρίζω (hudrargurízō)

Descendants

• → Latin: hydrargyrus

Further reading

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