aerugo
See also: ærugo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aerūgō, from aes (“copper, bronze, brass”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːˈɹuːɡoʊ/, /ɪˈɹuːɡoʊ/, /aɪˈɹuːɡoʊ/
Noun
aerugo (uncountable)
- metallic rust, particularly of brass or copper; verdigris
Translations
metallic rust
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Anagrams
- Aguero
Latin
Roman coins (circa AD 253 to 305), with copper rust.
Etymology
aes (“copper”, “bronze”, “brass”, oblique stem: aer-) + -ūgō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈruː.ɡoː/, [äe̯ˈruːɡoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈru.ɡo/, [eˈruːɡo]
Noun
aerūgō f (genitive aerūginis); third declension
- rust of copper, verdigris
- canker of the mind, ill will, envy, avarice
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aerūgō | aerūginēs |
| Genitive | aerūginis | aerūginum |
| Dative | aerūginī | aerūginibus |
| Accusative | aerūginem | aerūginēs |
| Ablative | aerūgine | aerūginibus |
| Vocative | aerūgō | aerūginēs |
Derived terms
- aerūginōsus
Descendants
- Aromanian: arudzinã
- → English: aerugo, aerugite
- Friulian: ruzin
- Italian: ruggine
- Portuguese: aerugita
- Romanian: rugină
- Sardinian: arroina, arrúnia, orroina, rubinzu, arroinu, ruinu, arruinu
- Spanish: orín, erúgine
- Venetian: rùxen, rùxene, rùzen
References
- “aerugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aerugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aerugo 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)
- aerugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “aerūgō” on page 70/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “aerugo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers