hydrargyrum

English

Alternative forms

• (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)

Etymology

From New Latin hydrargyrum (“mercury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪˈdɹɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪɹəm/

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Noun

hydrargyrum (uncountable)

1. (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.

   • 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XIV, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 129:

     ‘There is a channel in the spine of her blade, and in it runs a river of hydrargyrum—a metal heavier than iron, though it flows like water.’

Derived terms

• hydrargochloride
• hydrargyral
• hydrargyrate
• hydrargyria
• hydrargyriasis
• hydrargyric
• hydrargyrism
• hydrargyrosis
• hydrargyrous
• hydrargysm

Translations

cognate translations of hydrargyrum — otherwise see mercury

Esperanto: hidrargo (eo) French: hydrargyre (fr) m Greek: υδράργυρος (el) m (ydrárgyros) Latin: hydrargyrum (la) n Portuguese: hidrargírio m Romanian: hidrargir (ro) Russian: гидра́ргирум m (gidrárgirum) Spanish: hidrargiro m, hidrargirio (es) m Ukrainian: гідра́ргірум m (hidrárhirum), гідра́рґірум m (hidrárgirum)

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): [iˈd̪rar.d͡ʒi.rum]

Etymology 1

A regularly inflected form of hydrargyrus.

Noun

hydrargyrum

1. accusative singular of hydrargyrus

Etymology 2

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hydrargyrum

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Chemical element
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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

1. (New Latin) mercury

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	hydrargyrum	hydrargyra
genitive	hydrargyrī	hydrargyrōrum
dative	hydrargyrō	hydrargyrīs
accusative	hydrargyrum	hydrargyra
ablative	hydrargyrō	hydrargyrīs
vocative	hydrargyrum	hydrargyra

Descendants

• Translingual: Hg
• English: hydrargyrum
• French: hydrargyre
• Russian: гидра́ргирум (gidrárgirum)

Further reading

• hydrargyrum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la