ὑδράργυρος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.drár.ɡy.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yˈdrar.ɡy.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yˈðrar.ʝy.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yˈðrar.ʝy.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈðrar.ʝi.ros/
Noun
ὑδράργῠρος • (hudrárguros) f (genitive ὑδραργύρου); second declension
- quicksilver artificially prepared from cinnabar ore
- (in general) quicksilver, mercury
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ὑδράργῠρος hē hudrárguros |
τὼ ὑδραργῠ́ρω tṑ hudrargúrō |
αἱ ὑδράργῠροι hai hudrárguroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ὑδραργῠ́ρου tês hudrargúrou |
τοῖν ὑδραργῠ́ροιν toîn hudrargúroin |
τῶν ὑδραργῠ́ρων tôn hudrargúrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ὑδραργῠ́ρῳ têi hudrargúrōi |
τοῖν ὑδραργῠ́ροιν toîn hudrargúroin |
ταῖς ὑδραργῠ́ροις taîs hudrargúrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ὑδράργῠρον tḕn hudrárguron |
τὼ ὑδραργῠ́ρω tṑ hudrargúrō |
τᾱ̀ς ὑδραργῠ́ρους tā̀s hudrargúrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὑδράργῠρε hudrárgure |
ὑδραργῠ́ρω hudrargúrō |
ὑδράργῠροι hudrárguroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὑδραργυρίζω (hudrargurízō)
Descendants
- → Latin: hydrargyrus
Further reading
- “ὑδράργυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑδράργυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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