stibium

English

Alternative forms
  • stibnium
  • stibnum

Etymology

From Latin stibium (“antimony”), which was imported from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a variant of στίμμι (stímmi) and originated in Egyptian



sdm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstɪbɪəm/

Noun

stibium (uncountable)

  1. antimony
  2. kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt and Rome for eye cosmetics.

Derived terms
Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Stibium” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “stibium”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin stibium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsti.biˌʏm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: sti‧bi‧um

Noun

stibium n (uncountable)

  1. antimony

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsti.bi.um/, [ˈstɪ.bi.ũ]

Noun

stibium n (genitive stibiī); second declension

  1. antimony
  2. kohl, stibnite

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stibium stibia
Genitive stibiī stibiōrum
Dative stibiō stibiīs
Accusative stibium stibia
Ablative stibiō stibiīs
Vocative stibium stibia

References
  • stibium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • stibium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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