hydrargyrum

== English == === Alternative forms === with an Ancient Greek -on accusative case ending, hydrargyron (obsolete) (with a Latin -um accusative case ending) hydrargyrum (current) (without a case ending) hydrargire, hydrargirie, hydrargyre (all obsolete) (abbreviation) hydrarg. (currency uncertain) === Etymology === From New Latin hydrargyrum (“mercury”). By surface analysis, hydr- +‎ argyr- +‎ -um. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haɪˈdɹɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪɹəm/ (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (particularly: Although it does not match the IPA, this may be a pronunciation that is used.) === Noun === hydrargyrum (uncountable) (chemistry, medicine) Mercury (chemical element). Synonyms: (alchemy) azoth, (standard term) mercury, (not in technical use) quicksilver ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === NED V (H–K; 1st ed., 1901), § 1 (H), page 482/3, “‖Hydrargyrum” == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hyˈdrar.ɡy.rũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈdrar.d͡ʒi.rum] === Etymology 1 === A regularly inflected form of hydrargyrus. ==== Noun ==== hydrargyrum accusative singular of hydrargyrus === Etymology 2 === An alteration of the Classical Latin hydrargyrus (“quicksilver (artificially prepared)”), by analogy with the names of other metals, such as aurum (“gold”) and argentum (“silver”). ==== Noun ==== hydrargyrum n (genitive hydrargyrī); second declension (New Latin) mercury ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter). ===== Descendants ===== Translingual: Hg English: hydrargyrum French: hydrargyre Russian: гидра́ргирум (gidrárgirum) ==== Further reading ==== hydrargyrum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la