boracium

English

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from borax +‎ -ium.

Noun

boracium (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) An old name for the chemical element boron.

Latin

Chemical element
B
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Next: carbonium (C)

Noun

bōrācium n (genitive bōrāciī); second declension

1. (chemistry, New Latin) boron

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	bōrācium	bōrācia
genitive	bōrāciī	bōrāciōrum
dative	bōrāciō	bōrāciīs
accusative	bōrācium	bōrācia
ablative	bōrāciō	bōrāciīs
vocative	bōrācium	bōrācia

Synonyms

• bōrium

References

• "boracium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)