ψευδάργυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψευδο- (pseudo-, “false”) +‎ ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος • (pseudárguros) m (genitive ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου); second declension (Koine)

  1. mock silver, false silver, perhaps zinc
    • c. 23 CE, Strabo, chapter 1.56, in Γεωγραφικά, volume XIII:
      λίθος περὶ τὰ Ἄνδειρα͵ ὃς καιόμενος σίδηρος γίνεται· εἶτα μετὰ γῆς τινος καμινευθεὶς ἀποστάζει ψευδάργυρον͵ ἣ προσλαβοῦσα χαλκὸν τὸ καλούμενον γίνεται κρᾶμα͵ ὅ τινες ὀρείχαλκον καλοῦσι
      líthos perì tà Ándeira͵ hòs kaiómenos sídēros gínetai; eîta metà gês tinos kamineutheìs apostázei pseudárguron͵ hḕ proslaboûsa khalkòn tò kaloúmenon gínetai krâma͵ hó tines oreíkhalkon kaloûsi
      a stone in the vicinity of Andeira which, when burned becomes iron, and then, when heated in a furnace with a certain earth, distils false silver; and this, with the addition of copper, makes the so-called "mixture" (alloy), which by some is called "orichalcum"

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος; τοῦ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος
ho pseudárguros		 τὼ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω
tṑ pseudargúrō		 οἱ ψευδᾰ́ργῠροι
hoi pseudárguroi
Genitive τοῦ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου
toû pseudargúrou		 τοῖν ψευδᾰργῠ́ροιν
toîn pseudargúroin		 τῶν ψευδᾰργῠ́ρων
tôn pseudargúrōn
Dative τῷ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρῳ
tôi pseudargúrōi		 τοῖν ψευδᾰργῠ́ροιν
toîn pseudargúroin		 τοῖς ψευδᾰργῠ́ροις
toîs pseudargúrois
Accusative τὸν ψευδᾰ́ργῠρον
tòn pseudárguron		 τὼ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω
tṑ pseudargúrō		 τοὺς ψευδᾰργῠ́ρους
toùs pseudargúrous
Vocative ψευδᾰ́ργῠρε
pseudárgure		 ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω
pseudargúrō		 ψευδᾰ́ργῠροι
pseudárguroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: ψευδάργυρος (psevdárgyros)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned diachronic borrowing from Koine Greek ψευδάργυρος (pseudárguros),[1] based on the identification of the latter as zinc (see Strabo XIII, 1.56, p. 610). Morphologically, ψευδ- (psevd-, “false”) +‎ άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pseˈvðaɾ.ʝi.ɾos/
  • Hyphenation: ψευ‧δάρ‧γυ‧ρος

Noun

ψευδάργυρος • (psevdárgyros) m (plural ψευδάργυροι)

  1. (chemistry, metallurgy) zinc
    Synonym: τσίγκος (tsígkos) (informal)

Declension
declension of ψευδάργυρος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative ψευδάργυρος • ψευδάργυροι •
genitive ψευδάργυρου •,  ψευδαργύρου • ψευδάργυρων •,  ψευδαργύρων •
accusative ψευδάργυρο • ψευδάργυρους •,  ψευδαργύρους •
vocative ψευδάργυρε • ψευδάργυροι •
Second forms are formal. Usually in the singular.

Coordinate terms
  • Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements

Derived terms
  • ψευδαργυρικός (psevdargyrikós, “related to zinc”, adjective) (formal, technical)
  • ψευδαργυρίτης m (psevdargyrítis, “zincite (mineral)”, noun)
  • ψευδαργυρώνω (psevdargyróno)
  • ψευδαργύρωση f (psevdargýrosi)

References
  1. ψευδάργυρος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

Further reading
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