aureus

English

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”). Doublet of eyrir, öre, øre, and oyra.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɹɪəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoɹiəs/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪəs

Noun

aureus (plural aurei or aureuses or (nonstandard) aureii)

1. (historical) A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: auri (ca) m
• French: aureus (fr) m
• Italian: aureo (it) m
• Polish: aureus (pl) m
• Portuguese: áureo (pt) m
• Spanish: áureo (es) m

Anagrams

• ureaus, uraeus, uræus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-der.

Proto-Italic *auzom

Latin aurum

Latin -eus

Latin aureus

From aurum (“gold”) + -eus (“-ous”, derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈau̯.re.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaːu̯.re.us]

Adjective

aureus (feminine aurea, neuter aureum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Made of gold, golden; gilded
2. Of the color of gold, gold-colored; shining or glittering like gold
3. (figuratively) of physical and mental greatness or attraction: golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent
   • 8 CE, Ovidius, 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.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aureus	aurea	aureum		aureī	aureae	aurea
genitive	aureī	aureae	aureī		aureōrum	aureārum	aureōrum
dative	aureō	aureae	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

1. (numismatics) gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii, aureus (up to the 4th century AD)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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
    • Gutnish: öre
    • → Finnish: äyri
• New Latin: aureus
  • → Catalan: auri
  • → English: aureus
  • → Galician: áureo
  • → 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, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-der.

Proto-Italic *auzom

Latin aurum

Latin -eus

Latin aureuslbor.

Polish aureus

Learned borrowing from Latin aureus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈrɛ.us/

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• Rhymes: -ɛus
• Syllabification: au‧re‧us

Noun

aureus m animal

1. (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 Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin aureus.

Noun

aureus m (uncountable)

1. aureus

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aureus	aureusul
genitive-dative	aureus	aureusului
vocative	aureusule

References

• aureus in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN