argenteus

Borrowed from Latin argenteus (“of silver”).

argenteus (plural argentei)

1. A silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples.

• gauntrees, sergeaunt, user agent

From argentum +‎ -eus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /arˈɡen.te.us/, [ärˈɡɛn̪t̪eʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈd͡ʒen.te.us/, [ärˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪eus]

argenteus (feminine argentea, neuter argenteum); first/second-declension adjective

1. silvern, silvery

First/second-declension adjective.

• Codex Argenteus
• nummus argenteus

• “argenteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “argenteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• argenteus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• argenteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “argenteus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “argenteus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly