auro
See also: Auro and auro-
Interlingua
Noun
auro
- gold
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin aurum, from earlier ausum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₂usom (“glow”), derived from the root *h₂ews-. Doublet of oro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaw.ro/
- Rhymes: -awro
- Hyphenation: àu‧ro
Noun
auro m (plural auri)
- (literary, archaic) Synonym of oro
Further reading
- auro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.roː/, [ˈäu̯roː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ro/, [ˈäːu̯ro]
Etymology 1
From aurum (“gold”) + -ō.
Verb
aurō (present infinitive aurāre, perfect active aurāvī, supine aurātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) I overlay with gold, gild.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of aurō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | aurō | aurās | aurat | aurāmus | aurātis | aurant |
| imperfect | aurābam | aurābās | aurābat | aurābāmus | aurābātis | aurābant | |
| future | aurābō | aurābis | aurābit | aurābimus | aurābitis | aurābunt | |
| perfect | aurāvī | aurāvistī | aurāvit | aurāvimus | aurāvistis | aurāvērunt, aurāvēre | |
| pluperfect | aurāveram | aurāverās | aurāverat | aurāverāmus | aurāverātis | aurāverant | |
| future perfect | aurāverō | aurāveris | aurāverit | aurāverimus | aurāveritis | aurāverint | |
| passive | present | auror | aurāris, aurāre | aurātur | aurāmur | aurāminī | aurantur |
| imperfect | aurābar | aurābāris, aurābāre | aurābātur | aurābāmur | aurābāminī | aurābantur | |
| future | aurābor | aurāberis, aurābere | aurābitur | aurābimur | aurābiminī | aurābuntur | |
| perfect | aurātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | aurātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | aurātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | aurem | aurēs | auret | aurēmus | aurētis | aurent |
| imperfect | aurārem | aurārēs | aurāret | aurārēmus | aurārētis | aurārent | |
| perfect | aurāverim | aurāverīs | aurāverit | aurāverīmus | aurāverītis | aurāverint | |
| pluperfect | aurāvissem | aurāvissēs | aurāvisset | aurāvissēmus | aurāvissētis | aurāvissent | |
| passive | present | aurer | aurēris, aurēre | aurētur | aurēmur | aurēminī | aurentur |
| imperfect | aurārer | aurārēris, aurārēre | aurārētur | aurārēmur | aurārēminī | aurārentur | |
| perfect | aurātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | aurātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | aurā | — | — | aurāte | — |
| future | — | aurātō | aurātō | — | aurātōte | aurantō | |
| passive | present | — | aurāre | — | — | aurāminī | — |
| future | — | aurātor | aurātor | — | — | aurantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | aurāre | aurāvisse | aurātūrum esse | aurārī | aurātum esse | aurātum īrī | |
| participles | aurāns | — | aurātūrus | — | aurātus | aurandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| aurandī | aurandō | aurandum | aurandō | aurātum | aurātū | ||
Derived terms
- aurāta
- aurātilis
- aurātūra
- aurātus
- deaurō
- inaurō
Noun
aurō
- dative/ablative singular of aurum
References
- “auro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- auro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to..: aures claudere, patefacere (e.g. veritati, assentatoribus)
- (ambiguous) to listen to a person: aures praebere alicui
- (ambiguous) to din a thing into a person's ears: aures alicuius obtundere or simply obtundere (aliquem)
- (ambiguous) to whisper something in a person's ears: in aurem alicui dicere (insusurrare) aliquid
- (ambiguous) to come to some one's ears: ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidere
- (ambiguous) to prick up one's ears: aures erigere
- (ambiguous) his words find an easy hearing, are listened to with pleasure: oratio in aures influit
- (ambiguous) a fine, practised ear: aures elegantes, teretes, tritae (De Or. 9. 27)
- (ambiguous) to turn one's eyes (ears, attention) towards an object: oculos (aures, animum) advertere ad aliquid
- (ambiguous) to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to..: aures claudere, patefacere (e.g. veritati, assentatoribus)