arsenicum

From Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), Aramaic 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zrnykʾ /⁠zarnīḵā⁠/)), from Middle Iranian *zarnīk (compare Persian زرنی (zarni, “arsenic”)), from Old Median *zaraniyakā (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zaraniia, “golden”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎹 (d-r-n-y /⁠daraniyaʰ⁠⁠/, “gold”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (híraṇya, “gold”), Persian زر (zar, “gold”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.

• IPA^(key): /ɑrˈseː.ni.kʏm/

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• Hyphenation: ar‧se‧ni‧cum

arsenicum n (uncountable)

1. arsenic

• arseen

• 🜺 (alchemy)
• arrenicum

Late/Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”), borrowed through Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ, “orpiment”) from Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), from Middle Persian *zarnīk, from Old Median *zaraniyakā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [arˈsɛ.nɪ.kũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [arˈsɛː.ni.kum]

arsenicum n (genitive arsenicī); second declension

1. arsenic (chemical element 33)

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• arrenicum

• Catalan: arsènic
• Galician: arsénico
• Italian: arsenico
• Occitan: arsenic
• Portuguese: arsénico
• Spanish: arsénico

• → Dutch: arsenicum
• → German: Arsen
  • → Dutch: arseen
    • Afrikaans: arseen
• → Old French: arsenic
  • Middle French: arsenic
  • → Middle English: arsenik
    • English: arsenic
      • → Irish: arsanaic

• “arsenicum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arsenicum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.