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
Et habetur ante templum aquæ lacus, velut seruatorium piscium, in quo proijcit populus largissimè suas oblationes, argentum, aurum, gemmas, cyphos, et similia, quibus ministri certis temporibus exhibentes prouident Ecclesiæ, ac simulachro, ac sibi ipsis abundantèr.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard
Aes alienum, Ante audita, Apud agrum, Aurum argentum.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Separat argentum, lucri studiosus, ab �re, Seruatis, linquens deteriora, bonis.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
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