aureus

From Latin aureus (“golden; gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii”), noun use of adjective, from aurum (“gold”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɹɪəs/

aureus (plural aurei)

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

• uraeus, uræus

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäu̯reʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäːu̯reus]

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, 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.)

First/second-declension adjective.

• (made of gold): aureolus
• (gilded): aureolus, bracteātus
• (of the color of gold): aurātilis, auricolor, aurōsus, aurulentus, chrȳseus
• (splendid, excellent): aureolus

aureus m (genitive aureī); second declension

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

Second-declension noun.

• solidus

• aureātus
• Aurēlius
• aureolus

• “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

Borrowed from Latin aureus.

• IPA^(key): /awˈrɛ.us/

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

aureus m anim

1. (Ancient Rome, historical) aureus

• aureus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aureus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from Latin aureus.

aureus m (uncountable)

1. aureus

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