English

Noun

hepatizon ‎(uncountable)

1. A valuable metal alloy in antiquity, thought to have been an alloy of copper with gold and silver, mixed and treated to produce a material with a dark purplish patina.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον ‎(hēpatízon), neuter of ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων ‎(hēpatízōn, “liver-coloured”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /heːˈpa.ti.zon/, [heːˈpa.tɪ.zõ]

Noun

hēpatizon n

1. liver-coloured Corinthian bronze
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Descendants

• English: hepatizon

References

• hēpătīzon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hēpătizŏn”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 741/1.
• “hēpatizon” on page 790/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)