Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Silver. In chem., abbreviated Ag.
Examples
“Instead, in commercial hot spots of the Roman Forum and elsewhere, coins were handled in an argenteria, a stall whose name came from the word argentum, meaning at once “silver” and “money.”xiii Not sure whether my pouch of silver-looking coins is worth your three hundred jugs of olive oil?”
“Mulieres Babyloni caecum hospite permiscentur ob argentum quod post Veneri sacrum.”
“Yes, your entire universe bathed in the light that would be the marriage of rose-gold and argentum.”
“Roman soldiers were paid salarium argentum, or salt money.”
“Excusaui etiam me quia monachus eram, non habens, nec recipiens, nec tractans aurum vel argentum vel aliquid preciosum, solis libris et capella in qua seruiebamus deo exceptis: vnde nullum xenium afferebamus ei nec domino suo.”
“Rogaui etiam eum vt dignaretur accipere munusculum de manu nostra, excusans me, quia monachus eram, nec erat ordinis nostri possidere aurum, vel argentum, vel vestes preciosas.”
“Saracenos: et cum non possunt amplius dare aurum vel argentum, ducunt eos et paruulos eorum tanquam greges ad solitudinem vt custodiant animalia eorum.”
“Et mirabantur supra modum, quia nolebamus recipere aurum, vel argentum, vel vestes præciosas.”
“Tunc quæsiuerunt quid esset in bigis, vtrum esset aurum vel argentum, vel vestes preciosæ, quas deferrem Sartach.”
“Cùm vero fui in cacumine montis, inueni ibi argentum in maxima quantitate, quasi fuissent squamæ piscium.”
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