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aureus
aureus
English
Noun
aureus (plural aurei)
- A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 BCE to 309 CE, equal to 25 denarii.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
aurum (“gold”) + -eus (“-ous”, derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈau̯.re.ʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈau̯ː.re.us]
Adjective
aureus m (feminine aurea, neuter aureum); first/second declension
- Made of gold, golden; gilded.
- Of the color of gold, gold-colored; shining or glittering like gold.
- (figuratively) golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | aureus | aurea | aureum | aureī | aureae | aurea | |
| genitive | aureī | aureae | aureī | aureōrum | aureārum | aureōrum | |
| dative | aureō | aureō | aureīs | ||||
| accusative | aureum | auream | aureum | aureōs | aureās | aurea | |
| ablative | aureō | aureā | aureō | aureīs | |||
| vocative | auree | aurea | aureum | aureī | aureae | aurea | |
Synonyms
- (made of gold): aureolus
- (gilded): aureolus, bracteātus
- (of the color of gold): aurātilis, auricolor, aurōsus, aurulentus, chrȳseus
- (splendid, excellent): aureolus
Noun
aureus m (genitive aureī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aureus | aureī |
| genitive | aureī | aureōrum |
| dative | aureō | aureīs |
| accusative | aureum | aureōs |
| ablative | aureō | aureīs |
| vocative | auree | aureī |
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References
- aureus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aureus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- AUREUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aureus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- aureus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aureus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- aureus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin