Noun: aurum
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Second
Sample Sentences
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Cui pharetrā ex aurō, crīnēs nōdantur in aurum,
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aurea purpuream subnectit fībula vestem.
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[Dido appears,] with her gold quiver, her tresses knotted into a gold [clasp], [and] a gold buckle fastens her purple gown.
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(See also: aurea. Cf. 4.134: Dido’s horse likewise is ornamented “aurō”.) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.138-139]
Nouns inflected like aurum
frūnium,
bisemūtum,
pustulātum,
paraffīnum,
orichalcum,
Anglicum,
natrium,
asaphatum,
calcium,
pūsulātum,
astatium,
proximum,
chlōrum,
thallium,
īridium,
argentum,
latīnum,
polōnium,
honestum,
tītānium, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éws-o-m (or less likely *h₂é-h₂us-om) (“gold”), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn, become light, become red”). Cognate with Lithuanian áuksas, Old Lithuanian ausas, Old Prussian ausis, Tocharian A wäs, Tocharian B yasā.
Verbs referencing "aurum"
Catalan Nouns
or, French Nouns
or, Italian Nouns
oro, Spanish Nouns
oro, English Nouns
aurum, Galician Nouns
ouro, Old Portuguese Nouns
ouro, Portuguese Nouns
ouro, English Nouns
oriflamme, French Nouns
oriflamme, English Nouns
aurigraphy, Asturian Nouns
oru, Romanian Nouns
aur, Irish Nouns
ór, English Nouns
deauration.
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