hepatizon

From the Latin hēpatizon, from the Ancient Greek ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον (hēpatízon), from ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων (hēpatízōn, “liver-coloured”).

hepatizon (uncountable)

1. A valuable metal alloy in antiquity, thought to have been an alloy of copper with gold and silver, mixed and treated to produce a material with a dark purplish patina.

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From the Ancient Greek ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον (hēpatízon), neuter of ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων (hēpatízōn, “liver-coloured”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /heːˈpa.ti.zon/, [heːˈpa.tɪ.zɔn]

hēpatizon n

1. liver-coloured Corinthian bronze
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Second declension, Greek type.

• English: hepatizon

• hēpătīzon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hēpătizŏn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 741/1
• “hēpatizon” on page 790/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)