ἄργῠρος, ὁ,
(ἀργός A) white metal, i.e. silver, ἐξ Ἀλύβης ὅθεν ἀργύρου ἐστὶ γενέθλη[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.857; so πηγὴ ἀργύρου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 238, etc.; ἄ. κοῖλος ] Refs 8th c.BC+]silver plate, [[ 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 283a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1350b23, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 ἄ. χυτός quicksilver, [[ [prev. author] “de An.” 406b19, “Mete.” 385b4, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 60. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II ={ἀργύριον}, silver-money, generally, money, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 935; ἐπ᾽ ἀργύρῳ γε τὴν ψυχὴν προδούς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 322] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τι μὴ ξὺν ἀργύρῳ ἐπράσσετ᾽ by bribery, [[ [prev. author] “OT” 124] Refs]; in later Prose, coupled with χρυσός, [[ NT.Matt.10.9, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.3. ] NT+4th c.AD+]
__III ={λινόζωστος ἄρρην}, Ps.-[[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.189.] Refs 1st c.AD+]