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English[edit]

Aureus from the reign of Valerian (struck 255-256)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin aureus (“golden; gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii”), noun use of adjective, from aurum (“gold”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aureus (plural aurei)
- A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii.
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
aurum (“gold”) + -eus (“-ous”, derivational suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäu̯reʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäːu̯reus]
Adjective[edit]
aureus (feminine aurea, neuter aureum); first/second-declension adjective
- Made of gold, golden; gilded.
- Of the color of gold, gold-colored; shining or glittering like gold.
- (figuratively) golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
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[edit]
- (made of gold): aureolus
- (gilded): aureolus, bracteātus
- (of the color of gold): aurātilis, auricolor, aurōsus, aurulentus, chrȳseus
- (splendid, excellent): aureolus
Noun[edit]
aureus m (genitive aureī); second declension
- (numismatics) gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii, aureus (up to the 4th century AD)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | aureus | aureī |
Genitive | aureī | aureōrum |
Dative | aureō | aureīs |
Accusative | aureum | aureōs |
Ablative | aureō | aureīs |
Vocative | auree | aureī |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- “aureus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aureus m inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of aureus
Further reading[edit]
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