Codex Argenteus

Latin

Etymology

Coined in 1597 by the Dutch humanist Bonaventura Vulcanius. The manuscript is named after its use of silver ink for most of the manuscript (with gold ink in some sections).

Proper noun

Codex Argenteus m sg (genitive Codicis Argenteī); third declension

  1. (New Latin) The early sixth-century Silver Bible, the most extensive of the surviving manuscripts of the fourth-century Gothic Bible translation, containing most of the Gospels.

Declension

Third-declension noun with a second-declension adjective, singular only.

singular
nominative Codex Argenteus
genitive Codicis Argenteī
dative Codicī Argenteō
accusative Codicem Argenteum
ablative Codice Argenteō
vocative Codex Argentee

Descendants

  • → Dutch: Zilverbijbel (calque)
  • → English: Silver Bible (calque)
  • → German: Silberbibel (calque)
  • → Swedish: Silverbibeln (calque)
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