aurosus

Latin

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈroː.sus/, [äu̯ˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈro.sus/, [äu̯ˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

aurōsus (feminine aurōsa, neuter aurōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of the color of gold, like gold, golden.
2. Bearing, producing or containing gold, gold-bearing, full of gold.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	aurōsus	aurōsa	aurōsum		aurōsī	aurōsae	aurōsa
Genitive	aurōsī	aurōsae	aurōsī		aurōsōrum	aurōsārum	aurōsōrum
Dative	aurōsō		aurōsō		aurōsīs
Accusative	aurōsum	aurōsam	aurōsum		aurōsōs	aurōsās	aurōsa
Ablative	aurōsō	aurōsā	aurōsō		aurōsīs
Vocative	aurōse	aurōsa	aurōsum		aurōsī	aurōsae	aurōsa

Synonyms

• (of the color of gold): aurātilis, aureus, auricolor, aurulentus
• (bearing gold): aurifer, auriger

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
• aurilegulus
• auripigmentum
• aurō
• aurūgineus
• aurūginō
• aurūginōsus
• aurūgō
• aurulentus
• aurum

References

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