aurarius

aurarius

Latin

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

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

    1. Of, pertaining to or used for gold.

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative aurārius aurāria aurārium aurāriī aurāriae aurāria
    genitive aurāriī aurāriae aurāriī aurāriōrum aurāriārum aurāriōrum
    dative aurāriō aurāriae aurāriō aurāriīs
    accusative aurārium aurāriam aurārium aurāriōs aurāriās aurāria
    ablative aurāriō aurāriā aurāriō aurāriīs
    vocative aurārie aurāria aurārium aurāriī aurāriae aurāria

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Romanian: aurar

    Noun

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

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

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

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

    References

    • 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016