aurugo

Latin

Alternative forms

• aurīgō

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ -ūgō. Perhaps related to Old Armenian աւր (awr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈruː.ɡoː/, [äu̯ˈruːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈru.ɡo/, [äu̯ˈruːɡo]

Noun

aurūgō f (genitive aurūginis); third declension

1. jaundice
2. (by extension) sickly look, paleness
3. (of plants) mildew

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aurūgō	aurūginēs
Genitive	aurūginis	aurūginum
Dative	aurūginī	aurūginibus
Accusative	aurūginem	aurūginēs
Ablative	aurūgine	aurūginibus
Vocative	aurūgō	aurūginēs

Synonyms

• (mildew): rōbīgō

Derived terms

• aurūgineus
• aurūginō
• aurūginōsus

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
• aurōsus
• aurulentus
• aurum

References

• “aurugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aurugo 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)
• aurugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “aurūgō” on page 218/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)