hydrargyrus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /hyˈdrar.ɡy.rus/, [hʏˈd̪rärɡʏrʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈdrar.d͡ʒi.rus/, [iˈd̪rärd͡ʒirus]

Noun

hydrargyrus m (genitive hydrargyrī); second declension

quicksilver (artificially prepared), mercury

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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.

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