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
For instance: argentum vivum will dissipate aurum; and aqua fortis will consume silver as will a starving cow barley.
From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by M?r J?kai
By "hoc verbum" he probably alludes to the expression, "reddite argentum," "down with the money."
From The Captiva and the Mostellaria by Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley
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