aurarius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

aurārius (feminine aurāria, neuter aurārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of, pertaining to or used for gold.

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aurārius aurāria aurārium aurāriī aurāriae aurāria
Genitive aurāriī aurāriae aurāriī aurāriōrum aurāriārum aurāriōrum
Dative aurāriō aurāriō aurāriīs
Accusative aurārium aurāriam aurārium aurāriōs aurāriās aurāria
Ablative aurāriō aurāriā aurāriō aurāriīs
Vocative aurārie aurāria aurārium aurāriī aurāriae aurāria

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Romanian: aurar

Noun[edit]

aurārius m (genitive aurāriī or aurārī, feminine aurāria); second declension

  1. A worker in gold, goldsmith.
    Synonym: aurifex

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aurārius aurāriī
Genitive aurāriī
aurārī1 		aurāriōrum
Dative aurāriō aurāriīs
Accusative aurārium aurāriōs
Ablative aurāriō aurāriīs
Vocative aurārie aurāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References[edit]

  • “aurarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aurarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • aurarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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