Antimony is a chemical element with the symbol Sb and atomic number 51. A lustrous gray metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite. Antimony compounds have been known since ancient times and were powdered for use as medicine and cosmetics, often known by the Arabic name kohl.

What does Stibium mean in Latin?

Etymology. From Latin stibium (“antimony”), which was imported from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a variant of στίμμι (stímmi) and originated in Egyptian.

What language is stibium?

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STIBIUM

From Latin: antimony (used as a cosmetic in ancient Rome), via Greek from Egyptian stm. Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.