auro

See also: Auro and auro-

Interlingua

Noun

auro

1. gold

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aurum, from earlier ausum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₂usom (“glow”), derived from the root *h₂ews-. Doublet of oro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ro/
• Rhymes: -awro
• Hyphenation: àu‧ro

Noun

auro m (plural auri)

1. (literary, archaic) Synonym of oro

Further reading

• auro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.roː/, [ˈäu̯roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.ro/, [ˈäːu̯ro]

Etymology 1

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

aurō (present infinitive aurāre, perfect active aurāvī, supine aurātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to overlay with gold, gild

Conjugation

Conjugation of aurō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aurō	aurās	aurat	aurāmus	aurātis	aurant
	imperfect	aurābam	aurābās	aurābat	aurābāmus	aurābātis	aurābant
	future	aurābō	aurābis	aurābit	aurābimus	aurābitis	aurābunt
	perfect	aurāvī	aurāvistī	aurāvit	aurāvimus	aurāvistis	aurāvērunt, aurāvēre
	pluperfect	aurāveram	aurāverās	aurāverat	aurāverāmus	aurāverātis	aurāverant
	future perfect	aurāverō	aurāveris	aurāverit	aurāverimus	aurāveritis	aurāverint
passive	present	auror	aurāris, aurāre	aurātur	aurāmur	aurāminī	aurantur
	imperfect	aurābar	aurābāris, aurābāre	aurābātur	aurābāmur	aurābāminī	aurābantur
	future	aurābor	aurāberis, aurābere	aurābitur	aurābimur	aurābiminī	aurābuntur
	perfect	aurātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aurātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aurātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aurem	aurēs	auret	aurēmus	aurētis	aurent
	imperfect	aurārem	aurārēs	aurāret	aurārēmus	aurārētis	aurārent
	perfect	aurāverim	aurāverīs	aurāverit	aurāverīmus	aurāverītis	aurāverint
	pluperfect	aurāvissem	aurāvissēs	aurāvisset	aurāvissēmus	aurāvissētis	aurāvissent
passive	present	aurer	aurēris, aurēre	aurētur	aurēmur	aurēminī	aurentur
	imperfect	aurārer	aurārēris, aurārēre	aurārētur	aurārēmur	aurārēminī	aurārentur
	perfect	aurātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aurātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	aurā	—	—	aurāte	—
	future	—	aurātō	aurātō	—	aurātōte	aurantō
passive	present	—	aurāre	—	—	aurāminī	—
	future	—	aurātor	aurātor	—	—	aurantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		aurāre	aurāvisse	aurātūrum esse	aurārī	aurātum esse	aurātum īrī
participles		aurāns	—	aurātūrus	—	aurātus	aurandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		aurandī	aurandō	aurandum	aurandō	aurātum	aurātū

Derived terms

• aurāta
• aurātilis
• aurātūra
• aurātus
• deaurō
• inaurō

Etymology 2

Noun

aurō

1. dative/ablative singular of aurum

References

• “auro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• auro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to..: aures claudere, patefacere (e.g. veritati, assentatoribus)
    
  • (ambiguous) to listen to a person: aures praebere alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to din a thing into a person's ears: aures alicuius obtundere or simply obtundere (aliquem)
    
  • (ambiguous) to whisper something in a person's ears: in aurem alicui dicere (insusurrare) aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to come to some one's ears: ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidere
    
  • (ambiguous) to prick up one's ears: aures erigere
    
  • (ambiguous) his words find an easy hearing, are listened to with pleasure: oratio in aures influit
    
  • (ambiguous) a fine, practised ear: aures elegantes, teretes, tritae (De Or. 9. 27)
    
  • (ambiguous) to turn one's eyes (ears, attention) towards an object: oculos (aures, animum) advertere ad aliquid