aurarius
Latin
Etymology
From aurum (“gold”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈraː.ri.us/, [äu̯ˈräːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈra.ri.us/, [äu̯ˈräːrius]
Adjective
aurārius (feminine aurāria, neuter aurārium); first/second-declension adjective
- Of, pertaining to or used for gold.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aurārius | aurāria | aurārium | aurāriī | aurāriae | aurāria | |
| Genitive | aurāriī | aurāriae | aurāriī | aurāriōrum | aurāriārum | aurāriōrum | |
| Dative | aurāriō | aurāriō | aurāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | aurārium | aurāriam | aurārium | aurāriōs | aurāriās | aurāria | |
| Ablative | aurāriō | aurāriā | aurāriō | aurāriīs | |||
| Vocative | aurārie | aurāria | aurārium | aurāriī | aurāriae | aurāria | |
Derived terms
- aurāria
Related terms
- aurāta
- aurātilis
- aurātūra
- aurātus
- aureātus
- Aurēlia
- Aurēlius
- aureolus
- aurēscō
- aureus
- 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
- Romanian: aurar
Noun
aurārius m (genitive aurāriī or aurārī, feminine aurāria); second declension
- A worker in gold, goldsmith.
- Synonym: aurifex
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aurārius | aurāriī |
| Genitive | aurāriī aurārī1 | aurāriōrum |
| Dative | aurāriō | aurāriīs |
| Accusative | aurārium | aurāriōs |
| Ablative | aurāriō | aurāriīs |
| Vocative | aurārie | aurāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “aurarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aurarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- aurarius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016