aeruginosus
Latin
FWOTD – 29 September 2013
Roman coins (circa AD 253 to 305), with copper rust.
Etymology
From aerūgō (“rust of copper, verdigris”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯.ruː.ɡiˈnoː.sus/, [ae̯.ruː.ɡɪˈnoː.sʊs]
Adjective
aerūginōsus (feminine aerūginōsa, neuter aerūginōsum); first/second declension
- rusty, covered with copper rust
- Seneca the Younger, De Brevitate Vitae 10.12
- Illum tu otiosum vocas qui Corinthia, paucorum furore pretiosa, anxia suptilitate concinnat et maiorem dierum partem in aeruginosis lamellis consumit?
- Would you say that that man is at leisure who arranges with finical care his Corinthian bronzes, that the mania of a few makes costly, and spends the greater part of each day upon rusty bits of copper? — J. Basore, 1932 translation
- Illum tu otiosum vocas qui Corinthia, paucorum furore pretiosa, anxia suptilitate concinnat et maiorem dierum partem in aeruginosis lamellis consumit?
- Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, I.2.21
- […] ut Bassus Iulius qui dixit: ‘extra portam hanc virginem’ et: ‘ostende istam aeruginosam manum’ [...]
- […] like Bassus Julius, who said: ‘this maiden outside of the gate’ and ‘show that rusty hand of yours’ [...]
- […] ut Bassus Iulius qui dixit: ‘extra portam hanc virginem’ et: ‘ostende istam aeruginosam manum’ [...]
- Seneca the Younger, De Brevitate Vitae 10.12
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aerūginōsus | aerūginōsa | aerūginōsum | aerūginōsī | aerūginōsae | aerūginōsa | |
| Genitive | aerūginōsī | aerūginōsae | aerūginōsī | aerūginōsōrum | aerūginōsārum | aerūginōsōrum | |
| Dative | aerūginōsō | aerūginōsae | aerūginōsō | aerūginōsīs | aerūginōsīs | aerūginōsīs | |
| Accusative | aerūginōsum | aerūginōsam | aerūginōsum | aerūginōsōs | aerūginōsās | aerūginōsa | |
| Ablative | aerūginōsō | aerūginōsā | aerūginōsō | aerūginōsīs | aerūginōsīs | aerūginōsīs | |
| Vocative | aerūginōse | aerūginōsa | aerūginōsum | aerūginōsī | aerūginōsae | aerūginōsa | |
Related terms
- aēneātor
- aēneolus
- aēneus
- aēnipēs
- aēnus
- aerāmen
- aerāmentum
- aerāria
- aerārium
- aerārius
- aereus
- aerifer
- aerificē
- aeripēs
- aerisonus
- aerōsus
- aerūca
- aerūginō
- aerūgō
- aes
Descendants
- Catalan: eruginós
- English: æruginous, eruginous
- French: érugineux
- Italian: rugginoso
- Portuguese: aeruginoso, eruginoso
- Romanian: ruginos
- Spanish: eruginoso
References
- aeruginosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aeruginosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette