hydrargyrus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ὑδράργυρος (hudrárguros, “quicksilver (artificially prepared from cinnabar-ore)”), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + ἄργῠρος (árgŭros, “silver”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hyˈdrar.ɡy.rus/, [hʏˈd̪rärɡʏrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈdrar.d͡ʒi.rus/, [iˈd̪rärd͡ʒirus]

Noun

hydrargyrus m (genitive hydrargyrī); second declension

1. quicksilver (artificially prepared), mercury

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hydrargyrus	hydrargyrī
genitive	hydrargyrī	hydrargyrōrum
dative	hydrargyrō	hydrargyrīs
accusative	hydrargyrum	hydrargyrōs
ablative	hydrargyrō	hydrargyrīs
vocative	hydrargyre	hydrargyrī

Derived terms

• hydrargyrum (New Latin)

References

• “hydrargyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hydrargyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.