aureus

== English == === 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) (historical) A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === ureaus, uraeus, uræus == Latin == === Etymology === 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 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 ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== 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. ==== Synonyms ==== solidus ==== Derived terms ==== aureātus Aurēlius aureolus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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 === Learned borrowing from Latin aureus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /awˈrɛ.us/ Rhymes: -ɛus Syllabification: au‧re‧us === Noun === aureus m animal (Ancient Rome, historical) aureus ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === aureus in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin aureus. === Noun === aureus m (uncountable) aureus ==== Declension ==== === References === aureus in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN