ferrum

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin ferrum. === Noun === ferrum (countable and uncountable, plural ferrums) (homeopathy) Any of various remedies made from iron-containing compounds. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Latin *fersom, borrowed from substrate language, of an unknown source. According to De Vaan, possibly from a Phoenician dialect; see 𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋 (brzl /⁠barzel⁠/, “iron”), akin to Aramaic פַּרְזְלָא, ܦܪܙܠܐ (parzəlā, “iron”), Akkadian 𒀭𒁇 (parzillum, “iron”), Ugaritic 𐎁𐎗𐎏𐎍 (brḏl, “iron”), considered of Anatolian origin. The word could have entered Latin through Etruscan. Compare typologically ornus (“rowan tree; lance”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɛr.rũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛr.rum] === Noun === ferrum n (genitive ferrī); second declension iron (metonymic) any tool made of iron Synonym: chalybs sword Hyponyms: ēnsis, gladius fight, clash c. 161, Dig. XXVIII.I.8.4 Gaius libro septimo decimo ad edictum provinciale Synonyms: pugna, gladius ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== *exferrāre ferrūgō ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ferrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ferrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "ferrum", 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) “ferrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. “ferrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “ferrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin