aureus

English

Aureus from the reign of Valerian (struck 255-256)

Etymology

From Latin aureus (“golden; gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii”), noun use of adjective, from aurum (“gold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɹɪəs/

Noun

aureus (plural aurei)

1. A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 BCE to 309 CE, equal to 25 denarii.

Anagrams

• uraeus, uræus

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Latin

Etymology

aurum (“gold”) +‎ -eus (“-ous”, derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈau̯.re.ʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/

Adjective

aureus (feminine aurea, neuter aureum); first/second declension

1. Made of gold, golden; gilded.
2. Of the color of gold, gold-colored; shining or glittering like gold.
3. (figuratively) golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	aureus	aurea	aureum		aureī	aureae	aurea
Genitive	aureī	aureae	aureī		aureōrum	aureārum	aureōrum
Dative	aureō		aureō		aureīs
Accusative	aureum	auream	aureum		aureōs	aureās	aurea
Ablative	aureō	aureā	aureō		aureīs
Vocative	auree	aurea	aureum		aureī	aureae	aurea

Synonyms

• (made of gold): aureolus
• (gilded): aureolus, bracteātus
• (of the color of gold): aurātilis, auricolor, aurōsus, aurulentus, chrȳseus
• (splendid, excellent): aureolus

Noun

aureus m (genitive aureī); second declension

1. (numismatics) gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii, aureus (up to the 4th century AD)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aureus	aureī
Genitive	aureī	aureōrum
Dative	aureō	aureīs
Accusative	aureum	aureōs
Ablative	aureō	aureīs
Vocative	auree	aureī

Synonyms

• solidus

Derived terms

• aureātus
• Aurēlius
• aureolus

Related terms

Terms related to aureus

• aurāria
• aurārius
• aurāta
• aurātilis
• aurātūra
• aurātus
• Aurēlia
• aurēscō

• auricoctor
• auricolor
• auricomāns
• auricomus
• aurifer
• aurifex
• aurificīna
• aurificium

• aurifluus
• aurifodīna
• aurifrigium
• aurigāns
• aurigena
• auriger
• aurilegulus
• auripigmentum

• aurō
• aurōsus
• aurūgineus
• aurūginō
• aurūginōsus
• aurūgō
• aurulentus
• aurum

Descendants

Descendants of aureus in other languages

• Catalan: auri
• English: aureus
• Italian: aureo
• Portuguese: áureo

• Proto-Germanic: *aurijaz
  • Old Norse: eyrir
    • Icelandic: eyrir
    • Faroese: oyra
    • Norwegian: øre
    • Swedish: öre
    • Danish: øre
• Spanish: áureo
• Translingual: aureo-

References

• aureus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aureus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aureus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• aureus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• aureus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aureus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• aureus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin