aureolus

See also Aureolus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from aureus (“golden; gilded”) +‎ -olus, from aurum (“gold”).

Adjective

aureolus m (feminine aureola, neuter aureolum); first/second declension

1. Made of gold, golden.
2. Adorned, covered or decorated with gold, gilded.
3. Of the color of gold, golden.
4. (figuratively) Golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent.

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	aureolus	aureola	aureolum		aureolī	aureolae	aureola
genitive	aureolī	aureolae	aureolī		aureolōrum	aureolārum	aureolōrum
dative	aureolō	aureolae	aureolō		aureolīs	aureolīs	aureolīs
accusative	aureolum	aureolam	aureolum		aureolōs	aureolās	aureola
ablative	aureolō	aureolā	aureolō		aureolīs	aureolīs	aureolīs
vocative	aureole	aureola	aureolum		aureolī	aureolae	aureola

Synonyms

• (made of gold): aureus
• (gilded): aureus
• (of the color of gold): aureus, aurōsus, aurulentus
• (splendid, excellent): aureus

Related terms

aurāria aurārius aurāta aurātilis aurātūra aurātus aureātus Aurēlia Aurēlius

aurēscō aureus auricoctor auricolor auricomāns auricomus aurifer aurifex aurificīna

aurificium aurifluus aurifodīna aurifrigium aurigāns aurigena auriger aurilegulus auripigmentum

aurō aurōsus aurūgineus aurūginō aurūginōsus aurūgō aurulentus aurum

Descendants

• Catalan: oriol
• English: aureole, oriole
• French: loriot
• Romanian: alior

References

• aureolus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879