aureus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin aureus (“golden; gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii”), noun use of adjective, from aurum (“gold”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aureus (plural aurei or aureuses)
- A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
aurum (“gold”) + -eus (“-ous”, derivational suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäu̯reʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäːu̯reus]
Adjective edit
aureus (feminine aurea, neuter aureum); first/second-declension adjective
- Made of gold, golden; gilded
- Of the color of gold, gold-colored; shining or glittering like gold
- (figuratively) of physical and mental greatness or attraction: golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | aureus | aurea | aureum | aureī | aureae | aurea | |
Genitive | aureī | aureae | aureī | aureōrum | aureārum | aureōrum | |
Dative | aureō | aureō | aureīs | ||||
Accusative | aureum | auream | aureum | aureōs | aureās | aurea | |
Ablative | aureō | aureā | aureō | aureīs | |||
Vocative | auree | aurea | aureum | aureī | aureae | aurea |
Synonyms edit
- (made of gold): aureolus
- (gilded): aureolus, bracteātus
- (of the color of gold): aurātilis, auricolor, aurōsus, aurulentus, chrȳseus
- (splendid, excellent): aureolus
Noun edit
aureus m (genitive aureī); second declension
- (numismatics) gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii, aureus (up to the 4th century AD)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | aureus | aureī |
Genitive | aureī | aureōrum |
Dative | aureō | aureīs |
Accusative | aureum | aureōs |
Ablative | aureō | aureīs |
Vocative | auree | aureī |
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References edit
- “aureus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aureus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aureus 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)
- aureus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aureus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aureus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “aureus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin aureus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aureus m animal
Declension edit
Declension of aureus
Further reading edit
- aureus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin aureus.
Noun edit
aureus m (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of aureus (singular only)
singular | ||
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m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) aureus | aureusul |
genitive/dative | (unui) aureus | aureusului |
vocative | aureusule |