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Webster 1913 Edition

minium

min′i-um

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[L.
minium
, an Iberian word, the Romans getting all their cinnabar from Spain; cf. Basque
armineá
.]
(Chem.)
A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead,
Pb3O4
, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also
red lead
,
lead tetroxide
,
lead orthoplumbate
,
mineral orange
,
mineral red
,
Paris red
,
Saturn red
, and less definitively,
lead oxide
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Minium

MIN'IUM

,
Noun.
[L.] The red oxyd of lead, produced by calcination. Lead exposed to air while melting is covered with a gray dusky pellicle. This taken off and agitated becomes a greenish gray powder, inclining to yellow. This oxyd, separated by sifting from the grains of lead which it contains, and exposed to a more intense heat, takes a deep yellow color, and in this state it is called massicot. The latter, slowly heated, takes a beautiful red color, and is called minium.

Definition 2024

minium

minium

English

Noun

minium ‎(uncountable)

  1. (now historical) Cinnabar, especially when used as a pigment; vermilion. [from 14th c.]
  2. Red lead. [from 17th c.]

Translations

Czech

Noun

minium n

  1. red lead, minium (a bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb3O4, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics)

Synonyms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin minium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /min.jɔm/

Noun

minium m ‎(uncountable)

  1. red lead

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Iberian word.

Pronunciation

Noun

minium n ‎(genitive miniī); second declension

  1. native cinnabar
  2. red-lead, minium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative minium minia
genitive miniī miniōrum
dative miniō miniīs
accusative minium minia
ablative miniō miniīs
vocative minium minia

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Etymology

From Latin minium.

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