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calcium

[ˈkaɫ.ki.ũː]

noun

LanguageLatin

Meaning
  1. genitive plural of calx
  2. This is the genitive plural form of the word calx, meaning lime or limestone. It indicates possession or reference to a group of such substances.
Examples

Nātūra calciōrum vāria est.

The nature of these limes is various.

Pronunciationˈkaɫ.ki.ũː

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteIn modern scientific Latin, this word is also used to refer to the chemical element calcium.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.