aureolus

See also: Aureolus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from aureus (“golden; gilded”) +‎ -olus, from aurum (“gold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈre.o.lus/, [äu̯ˈreɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈre.o.lus/, [äu̯ˈrɛːolus]

Adjective

aureolus (feminine aureola, neuter aureolum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Made of gold, golden.
2. Adorned, covered or decorated with gold, gilded.
3. Of the color of gold, golden.
4. (figuratively) Golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aureolus	aureola	aureolum		aureolī	aureolae	aureola
genitive	aureolī	aureolae	aureolī		aureolōrum	aureolārum	aureolōrum
dative	aureolō	aureolae	aureolō		aureolīs
accusative	aureolum	aureolam	aureolum		aureolōs	aureolās	aureola
ablative	aureolō	aureolā	aureolō		aureolīs
vocative	aureole	aureola	aureolum		aureolī	aureolae	aureola

Synonyms

• (made of gold): aureus
• (gilded): aureus, bracteātus
• (of the color of gold): aureus, aurōsus, aurulentus
• (splendid, excellent): aureus

Related terms

• aurāria
• aurārius
• aurāta
• aurātilis
• aurātūra
• aurātus
• aureātus
• Aurēlia
• Aurēlius
• aurēscō
• aureus
• 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

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: alior
• Padanian:
  • Piedmontese: orieul
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: oriol
  • Occitan: auriòl, auriòu
    • → Old French: oriol
      • Middle French: oriol
        • → English: oriole
        • ⇒ French: loriol
          • ⇒ French: loriot
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: ouriolo
• Borrowings:
  • → English: aureolin
  • → Catalan: aurèola
  • → Old French: aureole
    • French: auréole
    • → English: aureole

References

• “aureolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aureolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aureolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• aureolus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “aureolus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray