boracium
English
Etymology
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from borax + -ium.
Noun
boracium (uncountable)
- (obsolete) An old name for the chemical element boron.
Latin
Chemical element | |
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B | |
Previous: beryllium (Be) | |
Next: carbonium (C) |
Noun
bōrācium n (genitive bōrāciī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | bōrācium | bōrācia |
genitive | bōrāciī | bōrāciōrum |
dative | bōrāciō | bōrāciīs |
accusative | bōrācium | bōrācia |
ablative | bōrāciō | bōrāciīs |
vocative | bōrācium | bōrācia |
Synonyms
References
- "boracium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)