hydrargyrum - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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- (with a pseudo-Greek -on case ending, suggesting a noble gas) hydrargyron (obsolete)
- (with a Latin -um case ending) hydrargyrum (current)
- (without a case ending) hydrargire, hydrargirie, hydrargyre (all obsolete)
- (abbreviation) hydrarg. (currency uncertain)
From New Latin hydrargyrum (“mercury”).
hydrargyrum (uncountable)
- (chemistry, medicine) Mercury (chemical element)
- Synonyms: (alchemy) azoth, (standard term) mercury, (dated or evocative) quicksilver
1706, Edward Phillips, compiler, J[ohn] K[ersey the younger], “Hydrargyrum”, in The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. […], 6th edition, London: […] J. Phillips, […]; N. Rhodes, […]; and J. Taylor, […], →OCLC, column 2:
Hydrargyrum, Quick-ſilver, a Mineral, of a ſtrange piercing Quality, ſo as to eat thro' Gold, Silver, &c.
- hydrargyral = hydrargyrate = hydrargyric = hydrargyrous
- hydrargyria = hydrargyriasis = hydrargyrism = hydrargyrosis = hydrargysm
- NED V (H–K; 1st ed., 1901), § 1 (H), page 482/3, “‖Hydrargyrum”
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hyˈdrar.ɡy.rum/, [hʏˈd̪rärɡʏrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈdrar.d͡ʒi.rum/, [iˈd̪rärd͡ʒirum]
A regularly inflected form of hydrargyrus.
hydrargyrum
| Chemical element |
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| Hg |
| Previous: aurum (Au) |
| Next: thallium (Tl) |
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”).
hydrargyrum n (genitive hydrargyrī); second declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
- Translingual: Hg
- English: hydrargyrum
- French: hydrargyre
- Russian: гидра́ргирум (gidrárgirum)
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