auripigmentum
Latin
Etymology
From aurum (“gold”) + pigmentum (“pigment”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯.rɪ.pɪɡˈmɛn.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯.ri.piɡˈmɛn̪.t̪um]
Noun
auripigmentum n (genitive auripigmentī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | auripigmentum | auripigmenta |
| genitive | auripigmentī | auripigmentōrum |
| dative | auripigmentō | auripigmentīs |
| accusative | auripigmentum | auripigmenta |
| ablative | auripigmentō | auripigmentīs |
| vocative | auripigmentum | auripigmenta |
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.