arsino

[ ahr-see-noh ]

adjective

, Chemistry.

1. containing the arsino group.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arsino¹

arsine + -o-, construed as adj.

Example Sentences

It was very difficult to foresee whether it would be best for him that Cleopatra or that Arsino should succeed.

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He took the unhappy Arsino with him, intending to exhibit her as a trophy of his Egyptian victories on his arrival at Rome.

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The first use which Cleopatra made of her power was to ask Antony, for her sake, to order her sister Arsino to be slain.

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Feeling that Seleucus was becoming dangerously great, he now allied himself with Ptolemy, marrying his daughter Arsino.

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On his return Arsino asked the gift of Heraclea, and he granted her request, though he had promised to free the city.

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