aurilegulus

Latin

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ legulus (“gatherer, collector”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯.riˈle.ɡu.lus/, [äu̯rɪˈɫ̪ɛɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯.riˈle.ɡu.lus/, [äu̯riˈlɛːɡulus]

Noun

aurilegulus m (genitive aurilegulī); second declension

1. A gold-picker, gold-collector.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aurilegulus	aurilegulī
Genitive	aurilegulī	aurilegulōrum
Dative	aurilegulō	aurilegulīs
Accusative	aurilegulum	aurilegulōs
Ablative	aurilegulō	aurilegulīs
Vocative	aurilegule	aurilegulī

Related terms

• aurāria
• aurārius
• aurāta
• aurātilis
• aurātūra
• aurātus
• aureātus
• Aurēlia
• Aurēlius
• aureolus
• aurēscō
• aureus
• auricoctor
• auricolor
• auricomāns
• auricomus
• aurifer
• aurifex
• aurificīna
• aurificium
• aurifluus
• aurifodīna
• aurifrigium
• aurigāns
• aurigena
• auriger
• auripigmentum
• aurō
• aurōsus
• aurūgineus
• aurūginō
• aurūginōsus
• aurūgō
• aurulentus
• aurum

References

• “aurilegulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aurilegulus 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)
• aurilegulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.