aes
See also: AES, áes, äes, -aes, a**es, äs, and æs
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪz/
Noun
aes
- (rare) plural of a, the name of the letter A.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Epic
- Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, Deep-chested music.
- 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
- These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Epic
Anagrams
- -ase, ASE, EAS, EAs, ESA, Esa, SAE, SEA, Sea, ase, eas, esa, sea
Bislama
Etymology
From English ice.
Noun
aes
- ice
Breton
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛz/
Adjective
aes
- easy
Antonyms
- diaes
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese eles and Portuguese este..
Pronoun
aes
- they
- these
Latin
Alternative forms
- ēs (medieval)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *aos, early *ajos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.
Cognate with English ore.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯s/, [äe̯s̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /es/, [ɛs]
Noun
aes n (genitive aeris); third declension
- money, pay, fee, fare
- copper, bronze, brass
- alicuius ex aere imago ― the bronze statue of someone
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 8.445:
- Fluit aes riuis aurique metallum, uulnificusque chalybs uasta fornace liquescit.
- Bronze and golden ore flowed in streams, and steel, that deals wounds, melted in a vast furnace.
- Fluit aes riuis aurique metallum, uulnificusque chalybs uasta fornace liquescit.
- payment, debt
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aes | aera |
| Genitive | aeris | aerum |
| Dative | aerī | aeribus |
| Accusative | aes | aera |
| Ablative | aere | aeribus |
| Vocative | aes | aera |
Synonyms
- (copper, bronze): aerāmen
- (copper): cuprum
Derived terms
- aēneus
- aēnus
- aerāmen
- aerāmentum
- aerārius
- aereus
- aerifer
- aerificē
- aeripēs
- aerisonus
- aerōsus
- aerūca
- aerūgō
- aes aliēnum
Related terms
- aerāria
- aerārium
- aerūginō
- aerūginōsus
References
- “aes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aes 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)
- aes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- coined money; bullion: aes (argentum) signatum
- to incur debts: aes alienum (always in sing.) facere, contrahere
- to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare
- to get into debt: incidere in aes alienum
- to be in debt: aes alienum habere
- to pay one's debts: aes alienum dissolvere, exsolvere
- to engrave a law upon a brazen tablet: legem in aes incīdere
- (ambiguous) to breathe the air: aera spiritu ducere
- (ambiguous) to be in debt: in aere alieno esse
- (ambiguous) to be deeply in debt: aere alieno obrutum, demersum esse
- (ambiguous) to have pressing debts: aere alieno oppressum esse
- (ambiguous) to get out of debt: ex aere alieno exire
- (ambiguous) to get out of debt: aere alieno liberari
- (ambiguous) to be fined 10,000 asses: decem milibus aeris damnari
- coined money; bullion: aes (argentum) signatum
- “aes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ās, from Proto-Germanic *ēsaz.
Noun
âes n
- carrion
- bait
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: aas
- Limburgish: aos
Further reading
- “aes”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “aes”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Scots
Alternative forms
- es, aze
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse eisa (“glowing embers”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es/, /eːz/
Noun
aes (plural aeses)
- (Shetland) blazing fire
References
- “aes, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaes/ [ˈa.es]
- Rhymes: -aes
- Syllabification: a‧es
Noun
aes
- plural of a