argentum

[ ahr-jen-tuhm ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. silver. : Ag

argentum

/ ɑːˈdʒɛntəm /

noun

1. an obsolete name for silver

Word History and Origins

Origin of argentum¹

From Latin

Word History and Origins

Origin of argentum¹

Latin

Example Sentences

Collosol Argentum, 1-2000: The liquid has a slight opalescence.

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Argentum accepi, dote imperium vendidi—I have received money, and sold my authority for her dowry.

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Clocquet has given as much as fifteen grains in a day, and Ricord has given sixteen grains of argentum chloratum ammoniacale.

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Deinde et argentum incoquere simili modo cpere, equorum maxime ornamentis, jumentorumque ac jugorum, in Alesia oppido.

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"Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, opera manuum hominum," like hailstones rattled the Latin words down on my prison.

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