argentum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of argentum
From Latin
Example Sentences
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A soldier’s pay—consisting in part of salt—came to be known as solarium argentum, from which we derive the word salary.
From Time • Jul. 21, 2015
A soldier's pay�consisting in part of salt�came to be known as solarium argentum, from which we derive the word salary.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Germanis, quos Angli Esterlings, aborientali situ, vocarunt, facta est appellatio; quos Johannes Rex, ad argentum in suam puritatem redigendam, primus evocavit; et ejus modi nummi Esterlingi, in antiquis scripturis semper reperiuntur.
From Notes and Queries, Number 26, April 27, 1850 by Various
Sume sulphur et argentum vivum, et pone ad lumen lampadis, et unusquisque putabit socium suum habere duo capita.
From Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc by Belloc, Hilaire
By "hoc verbum" he probably alludes to the expression, "reddite argentum," "down with the money."
From The Captiva and the Mostellaria by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)
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