Aurelius
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Aurelius
- A male given name from Latin; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.
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Translations edit
male given name
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From aurum (“gold”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈreː.li.us/, [äu̯ˈreːlʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈre.li.us/, [äu̯ˈrɛːlius]
Proper noun edit
Aurēlius m (genitive Aurēliī or Aurēlī, feminine Aurēlia); second declension
- Name of a plebeian Roman gens.
- a male given name
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Aurēlius | Aurēliī |
Genitive | Aurēliī Aurēlī1 |
Aurēliōrum |
Dative | Aurēliō | Aurēliīs |
Accusative | Aurēlium | Aurēliōs |
Ablative | Aurēliō | Aurēliīs |
Vocative | Aurēlī | Aurēliī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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Descendants edit
- → Ancient Greek: Αὐρήλιος (Aurḗlios)
- Greek: Αυρήλιος (Avrílios)
- → French: Aurèle
- → Irish: Áiréilias
- → Italian: Aurelio
- → Portuguese: Aurélio
- → Romanian: Aureliu
- → Spanish: Aurelio
References edit
- “Aurelius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aurelius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.