hepatizon

== English == === Etymology === From the Latin hēpatizon, from the Ancient Greek ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον (hēpătĭ́zon), from ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων (hēpătĭ́zōn, “liver-coloured”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhɛpəˈtaɪ̯zɒn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhɛpəˈtaɪ̯zɑn/ === Noun === hepatizon (uncountable) A valuable metal alloy in antiquity, thought to have been an alloy of copper with gold and silver, mixed and treated to produce a material with a dark purplish patina. chloasma ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === hepatizon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον (hēpătĭ́zon), neuter of ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων (hēpătĭ́zōn, “liver-coloured”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heː.paˈtɪz.zɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.paˈtid.d͡zon] === Noun === hēpatizon n sg (genitive hēpatizontis); third declension liver-coloured Corinthian bronze ==== Declension ==== This word is attested only in the nominative singular; the remaining declension is hypothetical. Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only. ==== Descendants ==== English: hepatizon === References === “hēpătīzon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hēpătizŏn”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 741/1. “hēpatizon” on page 790/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)