Codex Argenteus

== Latin == === Etymology === Coined in 1597 by the Dutch humanist Bonaventura Vulcanius. The manuscript is named after its use of silver ink for most of the manuscript (with gold ink in some sections). === Proper noun === Codex Argenteus m sg (genitive Codicis Argenteī); third declension (New Latin) The early sixth-century Silver Bible, the most extensive of the surviving manuscripts of the fourth-century Gothic Bible translation, containing most of the Gospels. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun with a second-declension adjective, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: Zilverbijbel (calque) → English: Silver Bible (calque) → German: Silberbibel (calque) → Swedish: Silverbibeln (calque)