aerugo

See also: ærugo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aerūgō, from aes (“copper, bronze, brass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːˈɹuːɡoʊ/, /ɪˈɹuːɡoʊ/, /aɪˈɹuːɡoʊ/

Noun

aerugo (uncountable)

1. metallic rust, particularly of brass or copper; verdigris; patina

Translations

metallic rust

• Bulgarian: патина (bg) (patina)
• Swedish: ärg (sv) c

Anagrams

• Aguero

Latin

Roman coins (circa AD 253 to 305), with copper rust.

Etymology

aes (“copper”, “bronze”, “brass”, oblique stem: aer-) +‎ -ūgō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈruː.ɡoː/, [äe̯ˈruːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈru.ɡo/, [eˈruːɡo]

Noun

aerūgō f (genitive aerūginis); third declension

1. rust of copper, verdigris
2. canker of the mind, ill will, envy, avarice

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aerūgō	aerūginēs
Genitive	aerūginis	aerūginum
Dative	aerūginī	aerūginibus
Accusative	aerūginem	aerūginēs
Ablative	aerūgine	aerūginibus
Vocative	aerūgō	aerūginēs

Derived terms

• aerūginōsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: arudzinã
• → English: aerugo, aerugite
• Friulian: ruzin
• Italian: ruggine
• Portuguese: aerugita
• Romanian: rugină
• Sardinian: arroina, arrúnia, orroina, rubinzu, arroinu, ruinu, arruinu
• Sicilian: rùnija
• Spanish: orín, erúgine
• Venetian: rùxen, rùxene, rùzen

References

• “aerugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aerugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aerugo 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)
• aerugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “aerūgō” on page 70/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “aerugo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers