ὑδράργυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) +‎ ἄργῠρος (árgŭros, “silver”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὑδράργῠρος • (hudrárgŭros) f (genitive ὑδραργύρου); second declension

  1. quicksilver artificially prepared from cinnabar ore
    1. (in general) quicksilver, mercury

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ὑδράργῠρος; τῆς ὑδραργῠ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὑδράργῠρος
hē hudrárgŭros 		τὼ ὑδραργῠ́ρω
tṑ hudrargŭ́rō 		αἱ ὑδράργῠροι
hai hudrárgŭroi
Genitive τῆς ὑδραργῠ́ρου
tês hudrargŭ́rou 		τοῖν ὑδραργῠ́ροιν
toîn hudrargŭ́roin 		τῶν ὑδραργῠ́ρων
tôn hudrargŭ́rōn
Dative τῇ ὑδραργῠ́ρῳ
tēî hudrargŭ́rōi 		τοῖν ὑδραργῠ́ροιν
toîn hudrargŭ́roin 		ταῖς ὑδραργῠ́ροις
taîs hudrargŭ́rois
Accusative τὴν ὑδράργῠρον
tḕn hudrárgŭron 		τὼ ὑδραργῠ́ρω
tṑ hudrargŭ́rō 		τᾱ̀ς ὑδραργῠ́ρους
tā̀s hudrargŭ́rous
Vocative ὑδράργῠρε
hudrárgŭre 		ὑδραργῠ́ρω
hudrargŭ́rō 		ὑδράργῠροι
hudrárgŭroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ὑδραργυρίζω (hudrargurízō)

Descendants

  • → Latin: hydrargyrus

Further reading

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