aureolus

== Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive from aureus (“golden; gilded”) +‎ -olus, from aurum (“gold”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈre.ɔ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈrɛː.o.lus] === Adjective === aureolus (feminine aureola, neuter aureolum); first/second-declension adjective Made of gold, golden. Adorned, covered or decorated with gold, gilded. Of the color of gold, golden. (figuratively) Golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (made of gold): aureus (gilded): aureus, bracteātus (of the color of gold): aureus, aurōsus, aurulentus (splendid, excellent): aureus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “aureolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aureolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “aureolus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. aureolus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “aureolus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray