arsenicum

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), Aramaic 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zrnykʾ /⁠zarnīḵā⁠/)), from Middle Iranian *zarnīk (compare Persian زرنی (zarni, “arsenic”)), from Old Median *zaraniyakā (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zaraniia, “golden”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎡𐎹 (d-r-n-i-y /⁠daraniya-⁠⁠/, “gold”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (híraṇya, “gold”), Persian زر (zar, “gold”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑrˈseː.ni.kʏm/ Hyphenation: ar‧se‧ni‧cum === Noun === arsenicum n (uncountable, no diminutive) arsenic ==== Synonyms ==== arseen == Latin == === Alternative forms === 🜺 (alchemy) arrenicum === Etymology === Late/Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”), borrowed through Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ, “orpiment”) from Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), from Middle Persian *zarnīk, from Old Median *zaraniyakā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈsɛ.nɪ.kũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈsɛː.ni.kum] === Noun === arsenicum n (genitive arsenicī); second declension arsenic (chemical element 33) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Synonyms ==== arrenicum ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: arsènic Galician: arsénico Italian: arsenico Occitan: arsenic Portuguese: arsénico Spanish: arsénico → Dutch: arsenicum → German: Arsen → Dutch: arseen Afrikaans: arseen → Old French: arsenic Middle French: arsenic → Middle English: arsenik English: arsenic → Irish: arsanaic === References === “arsenicum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “arsenicum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.