aureus
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Aureus_Valerian-RIC_0034-transparent.png.webp)
Aureus from the reign of Valerian (struck 255-256)
Etymology
From Latin aureus (“golden; gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii”), noun use of adjective, from aurum (“gold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔːɹɪəs/
Noun
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.
Translations
Translations
|
Anagrams
- uraeus, uræus
Latin
Etymology
aurum (“gold”) + -eus (“-ous”, derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäu̯reʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäːu̯reus]
Adjective
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) of physical and mental greatness or attraction: golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.27-28:
- Nec mora, cōnsēdit mediō sublīmis Olympō
aureā purpureō cōnspicienda sinū.- [With] no delay, she took her seat on high in the midst of Olympus:
magnificent, [and so] conspicuous in her purple garment.
(Refers to the goddess Maiestas, Majestas, or Majesty.)
- [With] no delay, she took her seat on high in the midst of Olympus:
- Nec mora, cōnsēdit mediō sublīmis Olympō
Declension
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
- (made of gold): aureolus
- (gilded): aureolus, bracteātus
- (of the color of gold): aurātilis, auricolor, aurōsus, aurulentus, chrȳseus
- (splendid, excellent): aureolus
Noun
aureus m (genitive aureī); second declension
- (numismatics) gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii, aureus (up to the 4th century AD)
Declension
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
- solidus
Derived terms
- aureātus
- Aurēlius
- aureolus
Related terms
- 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
- → Welsh: aur
- → Proto-Germanic: *aurijaz
- Old Norse: eyrir
- Icelandic: eyrir
- Faroese: oyra
- Norwegian Nynorsk: øyre m
- Old Swedish: ø̄ri, ø̄re
- Swedish: öre
- Old Danish: øræ
- Danish: øre
- Norwegian Bokmål: øre
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: øre
- Norwegian Bokmål: øre
- Danish: øre
- Gutnish: öre
- → Finnish: äyri
- Old Norse: eyrir
- New Latin: aureus
- → Catalan: auri
- → English: aureus
- → Italian: aureo
- → Portuguese: áureo
- → Spanish: áureo
- → Translingual: aureo-
References
- “aureus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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, 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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aureus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /awˈrɛ.us/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛus
- Syllabification: au‧re‧us
Noun
aureus m anim
- (Ancient Rome, historical) aureus
Declension
Declension of aureus
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | aureus | aureusy |
genitive | aureusa | aureusów |
dative | aureusowi | aureusom |
accusative | aureusa | aureusy |
instrumental | aureusem | aureusami |
locative | aureusie | aureusach |
vocative | aureusie | aureusy |
Further reading
- aureus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- aureus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin aureus.
Noun
aureus m (uncountable)
- aureus
Declension
declension of aureus (singular only)
singular | ||
---|---|---|
m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) aureus | aureusul |
genitive/dative | (unui) aureus | aureusului |
vocative | aureusule |
References
- aureus in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN