Aurelius

English

Etymology

From Latin Aurēlius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈɹiliəs/, /əˈɹiliəs/

Proper noun

Aurelius

1. A male given name from Latin; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.
   • 1992, Anne Rice, The Tale of the Body Thief, Arrow Books, →ISBN, page 169:

     Would the name Marcus Aurelius have meant anything to him? In all probability, he would have thought it a fancy name for a black slave.

Related terms

• Aurelia
• Aurelian
• Aurelie

Translations

male given name

• Bulgarian: Авре́лий m (Avrélij)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧雷利歐 / 奥雷利欧 (Àoléilì'ōu)

• Coptic: ⲁⲩⲣⲏⲗⲓⲟⲥ (aurēlios)
• Esperanto: Aŭrelio
• French: Aurèle (fr) m
• Galician: Aurelio (gl) m
• German: Aurelius (de) m
• Greek: Αυρήλιος (el) m (Avrílios)

  Ancient Greek: Αὐρήλιος m (Aurḗlios)

• Irish: Áiréilias m
• Italian: Aurelio (it) m
• Japanese: アウレリウス
• Korean: 아우렐리우스 (Aurelliuseu)
• Latin: Aurēlius m
• Polish: Aureli (pl) m, Aureliusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Aurélio (pt) m
• Romanian: Aureliu m
• Russian: Авре́лий (ru) m (Avrélij)
• Spanish: Aurelio (es) m
• Ukrainian: Авре́лій (uk) m (Avrélij)

Latin

Etymology

From aureus (“golden”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix) +‎ -ius (adjectival suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈreː.li.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈrɛː.li.us]

Proper noun

Aurēlius m (genitive Aurēliī or Aurēlī, feminine Aurēlia); second declension

1. Name of a plebeian Roman gens.
2. a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Aurēlius	Aurēliī
genitive	Aurēliī Aurēlī1	Aurēliōrum
dative	Aurēliō	Aurēliīs
accusative	Aurēlium	Aurēliōs
ablative	Aurēliō	Aurēliīs
vocative	Aurēlī	Aurēliī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• Aurēlia

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Αὐρήλιος (Aurḗlios)
  • Greek: Αυρήλιος (Avrílios)
• → French: Aurèle
• → Irish: Áiréilias
• → Italian: Aurelio
• → Portuguese: Aurélio
• → Romanian: Aureliu
• → Spanish: Aurelio

References

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