Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

aes, aeris +‎ -eus

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

aereus (feminine aerea, neuter aereum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) copper, bronze
  2. made of bronze or copper, furnished with bronze or copper
Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aereus aerea aereum aereī aereae aerea
Genitive aereī aereae aereī aereōrum aereārum aereōrum
Dative aereō aereō aereīs
Accusative aereum aeream aereum aereōs aereās aerea
Ablative aereō aereā aereō aereīs
Vocative aeree aerea aereum aereī aereae aerea
Descendants edit
  • Portuguese: éreo

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

āereus (feminine āerea, neuter āereum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (rare) Alternative form of āerius

Further reading edit

  • aereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aereus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • aereus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette