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
Ars conversionis Mercurii et Saturni in aurum et argentum, seu de aquis Theuthidis.—
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
At argentum intro condidi: Ego scelestus nunc argentum promere possum domo.”
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
Adima bona, nempe pecus, rem, Lectos, argentum: tollas licet.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
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