"electrum" meaning in Latin

See electrum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [eːˈɫɛk.trũː] [Classical-Latin], [eˈlɛk.trum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:ἤλεκτρον<id:amber>|id=amber}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "amber", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἤλεκτρον", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "electrum", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="amber" data-lang="la" data-title="electrum" id="Latin:_amber">, {{bor|la|grc|ἤλεκτρον}} Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron) Head templates: {{la-noun|ēlectrum<2>}} ēlectrum n (genitive ēlectrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ēlectrum<2>}} Forms: ēlectrum [canonical, neuter], ēlectrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ēlectrum [nominative, singular], ēlectra [nominative, plural], ēlectrī [genitive, singular], ēlectrōrum [genitive, plural], ēlectrō [dative, singular], ēlectrīs [dative, plural], ēlectrum [accusative, singular], ēlectra [accusative, plural], ēlectrō [ablative, singular], ēlectrīs [ablative, plural], ēlectrum [singular, vocative], ēlectra [plural, vocative]
  1. amber Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-electrum-la-noun-sWAfaUud
  2. electrum (alloy of gold and silver) Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-electrum-la-noun-Yf9Kx9n0
  3. (New Latin, physics) electron Tags: New-Latin, declension-2
    Sense id: en-electrum-la-noun-iLHe6moY Categories (other): New Latin, Physics, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Gums and resins Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 89 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 21 21 58 Disambiguation of Gums and resins: 16 16 69 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ēlectricus, ēlectrifer, ēlectrīnus, ēlectrus
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