auripigmentum
Latin
Etymology
From aurum (“gold”) + pīgmentum (“pigment”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯.rɪ.pɪɡˈmɛn.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯.ri.piɡˈmɛn.tum]
Noun
auripīgmentum n (genitive auripīgmentī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | auripīgmentum | auripīgmenta |
| genitive | auripīgmentī | auripīgmentōrum |
| dative | auripīgmentō | auripīgmentīs |
| accusative | auripīgmentum | auripīgmenta |
| ablative | auripīgmentō | auripīgmentīs |
| vocative | auripīgmentum | auripīgmenta |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: orpiment
- → Middle English: auripigment, aurypigment
- English: auripigment
- Old French: orpiment
- → German: Auripigment
- Italian: orpimento
- → Portuguese: auripigmento
- → Romanian: auripigment
- → Russian: аурипигме́нт (auripigmént)
References
- “auripigmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “auripigmentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.