# 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: /ˈɔːɹɪəs/
* (US) IPA: /ˈoɹiəs/
* Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪəs

### Noun

aureus (plural aurei or aureuses)
* 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: /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäu̯reʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäːu̯reus]

### 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
** 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.)

#### 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

* 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’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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) 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

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aureus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /awˈrɛ.us/
* Audio:(file)
* 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