aureolus
See also: Aureolus
Contents
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Diminutive from aureus (“golden; gilded”) + -olus, from aurum (“gold”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
aureolus (feminine aureola, neuter aureolum); first/second declension
- Made of gold, golden.
- Adorned, covered or decorated with gold, gilded.
- Of the color of gold, golden.
- (figuratively) Golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent.
InflectionEdit
| 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
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- aureolus in Charlton T. Lewis and 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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