ἄργυρος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, (ἀργός A)

   A white metal, i.e. silver, ἐξ Ἀλύβης ὅθεν ἀργύρου ἐστὶ γενέθλη Il.2.857; so πηγὴ ἀργύρου A.Pers.238, etc.; ἄ. κοῖλος silver plate, Theopomp.Hist.283a, Arist.Oec.1350b23, etc.    2 ἄ. χυτός quicksilver, Id.de An.406b19, Mete.385b4, Thphr.Lap.60.    II = ἀργύριον, silver-money, generally, money, A.Supp.935; ἐπ' ἀργύρῳ γε τὴν ψυχὴν προδούς S.Ant.322; εἴ τι μὴ ξὺν ἀργύρῳ ἐπράσσετ' by bribery, Id.OT124; in later Prose, coupled with χρυσός, Ev.Matt. 10.9, Alciphr.2.3.    III = λινόζωστος ἄρρην, Ps.-Dsc.4.189.

German (Pape)

[Seite 347] (eigtl. das weiß strahlende, vgl. ἀργός), ὁ, 1) Silber, von Hom. an überall; im Ggstz von ἀργύριον, ungeprägtes, unbearbeitetes; ἀργ. χυτός, Quecksilber; κοῖλος, Silbergeräth. – 2) Geld, Vermögen, bes. bei Sp.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ) :
1 argent métal;
2 argent monnayé.
Étymologie: R. Ἀργ, être blanc.

English (Autenrieth)

(root ἀργ): silver.

Spanish (DGE)

(ἄργῠρος) -ου, ὁ

• Morfología: [chipr. gen. sg. ἀργύρων IChS 217.6 (Idalion V a.C.), ἀργύρω IChS 217.5 (Idalion V a.C.); panf. ἀργύρυ IPamph.17.4 (Aspendos III a.C.), 18.5 (Aspendos II a.C.)]
I mineral.
1 plata como metal ἐξ Ἀλύβης, ὅθεν ἀργύρου ἐστὶ γενέθλη Il.2.857, ἀργύρου πηγή A.Pers.238, γηγενέταν ἄργυρον Tim.25, περὶ ἀργύρου tít. de una obra de Democr.B 300.16, 17, ἄ. καθαρός Plb.34.9.11, Poll.3.87, ἄ. πεπυρωμένος LXX Pr.10.20, cf. 17.3, Ez.22.20, οὐ μόλιβδον ἂν συνεπιμίξαις ἀργύρῳ Aristaenet.1.10.95
•en objetos o como signo externo de valor y riqueza κοῖλος ἄργυρος plata repujada Theopomp.Hist.263, Arist.Oec.1350^b23, ἀργύρου ἀναθήματα Hdt.1.14, ἀργύρω τάλαντον IChS ll.cc., (λοβάς) ἀργύρου ἐποιήθη D.C.65.3.3, τὸν ἄργυρον ἔσπειρε ἀπὸ τοῦ τείχεος Hdt.7.107, gener. junto a χρυσός: χρυσοῦ καὶ ἀργύρου δαπάνῃ Th.1.129, cf. 6.34, Plb.9.10.11, Eu.Matt.10.9, Act.Ap.17.29, Alciphr.4.18.12, Nonn.D.4.109, Philostr.VS 589
•plata como patrón monetario χαλκοῦ πρὸς ἄργυρον δραχμαί BGU 992.2.10 (II a.C.)
•en el pago de tributos POxy.3577.7 (IV d.C.).
2 ἄργυρος χυτός mercurio Arist.de An.406^b19, Thphr.Lap.60.
II 1dinero τὸ νεῖκος δ' οὐκ ἐν ἀργύρον λαβῇ ἔλυσεν A.Supp.935, ἐπ' ἀργύρῳ por dinero S.Ant.322, ξὺν ἀργύρῳ con intervención de dinero S.OT 124.
2 estatera Hsch.
III bot. mercurial anual, Mercurialis annua L., Ps.Dsc.4.189. • DMic.: a-ku-ro.

• Etimología: De la raíz *H2erg- ‘blanco’, ‘brillante’. Quizá adj. en -ρό- a partir de *ἀργύς, cf. ai. árjuna- ‘blanco’, lat. argutus y c. otro tema lat. argentum.

English (Strong)

from argos (shining); silver (the metal, in the articles or coin): silver.

English (Thayer)

ἀργύρου, ὁ (ἀργός shining) (from Homer down), silver: T Tr WH ἀργύριον) (reference is made to the silver with which the columns of noble buildings were covered and the rafters adorned); by metonymy, things made of silver, silver-work, vessels, images of the gods, etc.: silver coin: Matthew 10:9.