Definition of "natrium" [na•tri•um]

• Sodium (noun)

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• "Sodium is called natrium in Latin, and Na is the symbol used in English to be in harmony with all other languages, for practically all use the same chemical symbols."
• "Early chemists had to be fluent in multiple languages and had no trouble flipping back and forth between names like "natrium" and "sodium" (symbol: Na) or "plumbum" and "lead" (symbol: Pb)."
• "For example, Na for sodium comes from the Latin natrium, and Au for gold comes from the Latin aurum, which means shining dawn."