ψευδάργυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψευδο- (pseudo-, “false”) +‎ ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pseβˈðar.ʝy.ros/ → /psevˈðar.ʝi.ros/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psewˈdar.ɡy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pseβˈðar.ʝy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psevˈðar.ʝy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psevˈðar.ʝi.ros/

Noun

ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος • (pseudárguros) m (genitive ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου); second declension (Koine)

1. mock silver, false silver, perhaps zinc
   • c. 23 CE, Strabo, chapter 1.56, in Γεωγραφικά, volume XIII:

     λίθος περὶ τὰ Ἄνδειρα͵ ὃς καιόμενος σίδηρος γίνεται· εἶτα μετὰ γῆς τινος καμινευθεὶς ἀποστάζει ψευδάργυρον͵ ἣ προσλαβοῦσα χαλκὸν τὸ καλούμενον γίνεται κρᾶμα͵ ὅ τινες ὀρείχαλκον καλοῦσι

     a stone in the vicinity of Andeira which, when burned becomes iron, and then, when heated in a furnace with a certain earth, distils false silver; and this, with the addition of copper, makes the so-called "mixture" (alloy), which by some is called "orichalcum"

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος ho pseudárguros	τὼ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ pseudargúrō	οἱ ψευδᾰ́ργῠροι hoi pseudárguroi
Genitive	τοῦ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου toû pseudargúrou	τοῖν ψευδᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn pseudargúroin	τῶν ψευδᾰργῠ́ρων tôn pseudargúrōn
Dative	τῷ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρῳ tôi pseudargúrōi	τοῖν ψευδᾰργῠ́ροιν toîn pseudargúroin	τοῖς ψευδᾰργῠ́ροις toîs pseudargúrois
Accusative	τὸν ψευδᾰ́ργῠρον tòn pseudárguron	τὼ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω tṑ pseudargúrō	τοὺς ψευδᾰργῠ́ρους toùs pseudargúrous
Vocative	ψευδᾰ́ργῠρε pseudárgure	ψευδᾰργῠ́ρω pseudargúrō	ψευδᾰ́ργῠροι pseudárguroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ ψευδᾰ́ργῠρος; τοῦ ψευδᾰργῠ́ρου (Attic)

Descendants

• Greek: ψευδάργυρος (psevdárgyros)

Further reading

• “ψευδάργυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψευδάργυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Learned diachronic borrowing from Koine Greek ψευδάργυρος (pseudárguros),^[1] based on the identification of the latter as zinc (see Strabo XIII, 1.56, p. 610). Morphologically, ψευδ- (psevd-, “false”) +‎ άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pseˈvðaɾ.ʝi.ɾos/
• Hyphenation: ψευ‧δάρ‧γυ‧ρος

Noun

ψευδάργυρος • (psevdárgyros) m (plural ψευδάργυροι)

1. (chemistry, metallurgy) zinc

   Synonym: τσίγκος (tsígkos) (informal)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	ψευδάργυρος •	ψευδάργυροι •
genitive	ψευδάργυρου •,  ψευδαργύρου •	ψευδάργυρων •,  ψευδαργύρων •
accusative	ψευδάργυρο •	ψευδάργυρους •,  ψευδαργύρους •
vocative	ψευδάργυρε •	ψευδάργυροι •
Second forms are formal. Usually in the singular.

Declension of ψευδάργυρος

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements

Derived terms

• ψευδαργυρικός (psevdargyrikós, “related to zinc”, adjective) (formal, technical)
• ψευδαργυρίτης m (psevdargyrítis, “zincite (mineral)”, noun)
• ψευδαργυρώνω (psevdargyróno)
• ψευδαργύρωση f (psevdargýrosi)

 

References

1. ψευδάργυρος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

• ψευδάργυρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el