aureolus

See also: Aureolus

Contents

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈre.o.lus/, [au̯ˈre.ɔ.ɫʊs]

AdjectiveEdit

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.

InflectionEdit

First/second declension.

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		aureolō		aureolīs
accusative	aureolum	aureolam	aureolum		aureolōs	aureolās	aureola
ablative	aureolō	aureolā	aureolō		aureolīs
vocative	aureole	aureola	aureolum		aureolī	aureolae	aureola

SynonymsEdit

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

Related termsEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

• aureolus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aureolus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aureolus in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• aureolus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• aureolus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray