aureolus
See also: Aureolus
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from aureus (“golden; gilded”) + -olus, from aurum (“gold”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /au̯ˈre.o.lus/, [äu̯ˈreɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈre.o.lus/, [äu̯ˈrɛːolus]
Adjective
aureolus (feminine aureola, neuter aureolum); first/second-declension adjective
- Made of gold, golden.
- Adorned, covered or decorated with gold, gilded.
- Of the color of gold, golden.
- (figuratively) Golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aureolus | aureola | aureolum | aureolī | aureolae | aureola | |
| Genitive | aureolī | aureolae | aureolī | aureolōrum | aureolārum | aureolōrum | |
| Dative | aureolō | aureolō | aureolīs | ||||
| Accusative | aureolum | aureolam | aureolum | aureolōs | aureolās | aureola | |
| Ablative | aureolō | aureolā | aureolō | aureolīs | |||
| Vocative | aureole | aureola | aureolum | aureolī | aureolae | aureola | |
Synonyms
- (made of gold): aureus
- (gilded): aureus, bracteātus
- (of the color of gold): aureus, aurōsus, aurulentus
- (splendid, excellent): aureus
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “aureolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aureolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aureolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- aureolus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “aureolus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray