different between aureus vs vrsa

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????s/

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• uraeus, uræus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?au?.re.us/, [?äu??e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?au?.re.us/, [???u?r?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) golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Synonyms

• (made of gold): aureolus
• (gilded): aureolus, bracte?tus
• (of the color of gold): aur?tilis, auricolor, aur?sus, aurulentus, chr?seus
• (splendid, excellent): aureolus

Noun

aureus m (genitive aure?); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• solidus

Derived terms

• aure?tus
• Aur?lius
• 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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?^[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