(P. a.) : aerātus, a, um, from aero, āre, found in no example, and only mentioned in Priscian: a metallorum quoque nominibus solent nasci verba, ut ab auro, auro, as, ab aere, aero, as; unde auratus et aeratus. p. 828 P..
* Furnished or covered with copper or bronze: ratis, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll. (Bell. Punic. v. 59 Vahl.): lecti,having bronze feet,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 60: naves,Hor. C. 2, 16, 21: porta,Ov. F. 2, 785.—Poet.: acies,armed ranks,Verg. A. 9, 463.
* Made of bronze: catenae,Prop. 3, 13, 11.—*
* Sarcastic. of a rich man: tribuni non tam aerati quam aerarii,Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8.

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