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argenteus
argenteus
English
Noun
argenteus (plural not attested)
- A silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples.
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈɡen.te.us/, [arˈɡɛn.te.ʊs]
Adjective
argenteus m (feminine argentea, neuter argenteum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | argenteus | argentea | argenteum | argenteī | argenteae | argentea | |
| genitive | argenteī | argenteae | argenteī | argenteōrum | argenteārum | argenteōrum | |
| dative | argenteō | argenteō | argenteīs | ||||
| accusative | argenteum | argenteam | argenteum | argenteōs | argenteās | argentea | |
| ablative | argenteō | argenteā | argenteō | argenteīs | |||
| vocative | argentee | argentea | argenteum | argenteī | argenteae | argentea | |
Derived terms
- nummus argenteus
Descendants
References
- argenteus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- argenteus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ARGENTEUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “argenteus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- argenteus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- argenteus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly