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
Fert Britannia aurum et argentum et alia metalla, pretium victoriae.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
Post hec autem, Rex filio suo Offano erarium suum adaperiens, aurum suum et argentum, uasa concupiscibilia, gemmas, oloserica omnia, sue subdidit potestati.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
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
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