argenteus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin argenteus (“of silver”). === Noun === argenteus (plural argentei) A silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === gauntrees, sergeaunt, user agent == Latin == === Etymology === From argentum +‎ -eus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈɡɛn.te.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈd͡ʒɛn.te.us] === Adjective === argenteus (feminine argentea, neuter argenteum); first/second-declension adjective silvern, silvery ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== Codex Argenteus nummus argenteus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “argenteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “argenteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "argenteus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “argenteus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “argenteus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “argenteus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly