LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

arsenicum

arsenicum n (genitive arsenicī)
Classical[arˈsɛ.nɪ.kũː]Ecclesiastical[arˈsɛː.ni.kum]

Meaning

  1. neuterarsenic (chemical element 33)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativearsenicumarsenica
arrenica, 🜺ca
genitivearsenicī
arrenicī, 🜺cī		arsenicōrum
arrenicōrum, 🜺cōrum
dativearsenicō
arrenicō, 🜺cō		arsenicīs
arrenicīs, 🜺cīs
accusativearsenicum
🜺cum		arsenica
arrenica, 🜺ca
ablativearsenicō
arrenicō, 🜺cō		arsenicīs
arrenicīs, 🜺cīs
vocativearsenicum
🜺cum		arsenica
arrenica, 🜺ca

arsĕnĭcum, i, v. arrenicum.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Latinarsenicum

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicum 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-.

Descendants
  • Catalanarsènic
  • Italianarsenico
  • Occitanarsenic
  • Portuguesearsénico
  • Spanisharsénico
  • GermanArsen
  • Englisharsenicfrom Old French arsenic
  • Galicianarsénico
  • Dutcharsenicum
  • Afrikaansarseenfrom German Arsen

In English words that came into English from arsenicum

  • arsenicarsenicum
  • arsenicalarsenicum

Quick answers

What does arsenicum mean in Latin?
arsenicum, a noun, means “arsenic (chemical element 33)”.
What is the genitive of arsenicum?
The genitive singular is arsenicī. arsenicum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce arsenicum?
In classical Latin, [arˈsɛ.nɪ.kũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [arˈsɛː.ni.kum].
Where does arsenicum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- → Latin arsenicum.