LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

natrium

natrium n (genitive natriī)
Classical[ˈna.tri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈnaː.tri.um]

Meaning

  1. New Latinneutersodium

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenatriumnatria
genitivenatriīnatriōrum
dativenatriōnatriīs
accusativenatriumnatria
ablativenatriōnatriīs
vocativenatriumnatria

Origins

  1. Egyptiannṯr
  2. Latinnatrium

Egyptian nṯrjder. Semiticbor. Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron)bor. Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn)der. Spanish natrónbor. French natronbor. German Natron Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin natroniumder. Latin natrium Coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1814 as a shorter form of earlier natronium, itself coined in 1809 by Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert from German Natron + -ium. Ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj: R9

Quick answers

What does natrium mean in Latin?
natrium, a noun, means “sodium”.
What is the genitive of natrium?
The genitive singular is natriī. natrium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce natrium?
In classical Latin, [ˈna.tri.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnaː.tri.um].
Where does natrium come from?
Egyptian nṯr → Latin natrium.